Friday, June 17, 2011

What is an IP address?

Like in the real world, everyone has an individual home address or telephone number to enable easy access. Similarly, all computers connected to the Internet are given a unique Internet Protocol or IP address that can be used to contact that particular computer. In geek language, an IP address is a decimal notation that divides a 32-bit  Internet addresses into four 8-bit fields.

  

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