An Internet Protocol address is a numerical label such as that is connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.
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An IP address serves two main functions: network interface identification and location addressing.
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An IP address serves two principal functions: it identifies the host, or more specifically its network interface, and it provides the location of the host in the network, and thus the capability of establishing a path to that host.
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The class system of the IP address space was replaced with Classless Inter-Domain Routing in 1993.
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In contrast, when a computer's IP address is assigned each time it restarts, this is known as using a dynamic IP address.
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An IP address conflict occurs when two devices on the same local physical or wireless network claim to have the same IP address.
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The destination IP address used for directed broadcast to devices on the network is.
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Multicast IP address is associated with a group of interested receivers.
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Public IP address is a globally routable unicast IP address, meaning that the address is not an address reserved for use in private networks, such as those reserved by.
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