Addressing Glossary
Browse 4 addressing terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
4 Addressing Terms
- CIDR
- Classless Inter-Domain Routing — a method of allocating IP addresses and routing that replaced the wasteful Class A/B/C system. CIDR notation (e.g.,...
- IPv4
- The fourth version of the Internet Protocol, which uses 32-bit addresses written in dotted-decimal form such as 192.0.2.1. Its limited address space led to...
- IPv6
- The successor to IPv4, using 128-bit addresses written in hexadecimal groups such as 2001:db8::1. It vastly expands address space and includes protocol-level...
- NAT
- Network Address Translation — a technique where a router modifies IP addresses in packet headers to map between private (internal) and public (internet-facing)...
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