IP Address – What is
It?
In order for all computers to function on a network or internet platform, they need to each have their own identity. If two computers shared the same identity, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) would have no idea which identity to send the messages to and from. Therefore, a identity system had to be set up. Every computer on the internet had to have its own address.
IP Address definition – a 32 bit number that appears as a series of four separate numbers marked off by periods – used to define and differentiate the identities of computers.
Each of the four numbers can be between 0-255.
There has been a IP version 6 developed that uses 128 bit addresses. This allows for up to 1 quadrillion addresses!
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