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IT Interview Questions: What is an IP address?
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IT Interview Questions: What is an IP address?
Every device connected to the public Internet is assigned a unique number
known as an Internet Protocol (IP) address. IP addresses consist of four
numbers separated by periods (also called a 'dotted-quad') and look something
like 127.0.0.1. In computer networking, an Internet Protocol (IP) address
consists of a numerical identification (logical address) that network
management assigns to devices participating in a computer network utilizing
the Internet Protocol for communication between its nodes.
Although
computers store IP addresses as binary numbers, they often display them in
more human-readable notations, such as 192.168.100.1 (for IPv4), and
2001:db8:0:1234:0:567:1:1 (for IPv6). The role of the IP address has been
characterized as follows: "A name indicates what we seek. An address
indicates where it is. A route indicates how to get there.
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