10 Facts About IP address

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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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IP address space is managed globally by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, and by five regional Internet registries responsible in their designated territories for assignment to local Internet registries, such as Internet service providers, and other end users.

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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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8.

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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10.

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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