Original sentence: Before a computer can talk to the Internet, it has to be configured with important information such as.But for computers which can easily be connected to more than one network over the course of a day, manually reconfiguring "static IP" information became burdensome.DHCP was initially defined in October 1993 by RFC 1531, succeeding the BOOTP.For instance, "192.168.1.101" is a typical IPv4 address.In addition, some devices are designed to talk to the Internet yet have no disks of their own.It was replaced eight years later by the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.Mobile devices, such as laptops and smart phones, usually rely on DHCP.Network address of the computer itself.Network address of the gateway router, which is needed to talk to computer that are not local.Network addresses of Domain Name Servers, which are needed to translate computer names (such as "www.Originally, these pieces of information had to be stored on the computer itself.Subnet mask, so that the computer can distinguish other local computers from remote ones.The Bootstrap Protocol was created in 1985 to handle this need.com") to network addresses
Edited sentence: DHCP was initially defined in RFC 1531 as a standard-track protocol in October 1993, succeeding the BOOTP