Use of Address Resolution Protocol - Networking

What is the use of Address Resolution Protocol?

Address Resolution Protocol is used for networks that support hardware broadcast. An ARP will not work on x.25 network. The ARP’s responsibility is to convert the higher-level protocol addresses to physical network addresses. ARP functionality is broadcasting a packet to the hosts that are attached to an Ethernet. The packet has IP address of the sender. The target machine identifies and recognizes that the IP address in the data packet matches its own, and returns an answer.
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