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What is an IP address

Devices in a network have to be distinguished. Therefore addresses are assigned to the devices to identify them uniquely. These addresses are called (Internet Protocol) addresses. The IP was specified in RFC 791.

In general a IP is just an enumeration. For the sake of structuring it is seperated into groups (or partitions, ranges). This grouping can be most easily seen in the so called dot-notation, that consists currently of four and in the future of sixteen numbers.

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