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IP Address
An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a numerical label that is assigned to devices participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication between its nodes. An IP address serves two principal functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing. Its role has been characterized as follows: //"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how to get there."// The Internet Protocol also routes data packets between networks; IP addresses the locations of the source and destination of the routing system. For this purpose, some of the bits in an IP address are used to designate a subnetwork. The number of these bits is indicated in CIDR notation, appended to the IP address; e.g., //208.77.188.166/24//.



An IP (Internet Protocol) Address is a Specific code given to every computer and peripherals. This code allows Information to be sent from computer to computer or from computer to peripheral and back. Each Computer and Peripheral have a different code with a different set of numbers. There will be a problem when the numbers finaly run out. The IP addresses are usualy 16 characters long.
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