The Internet Address

What is IP Address ?

• A number that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the Internet.
• IP addresses are also referred to as IP numbers and Internet addresses.

IP Usage.

• A way to find specific server or computer on the Internet or a network.
• Provide identify to a computer in a network.
• Identify for particular devices/machine on a particular network
• allows transfers of files and e-mail.

IP Structure.

• IP addresses usually consists of four groups of number each separated by a period
• The number in each group is between 0 to 255.
• It is 32 bit long , each group is 8 bits long and commonly in decimal.
  

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