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An | An IPAddress is the equivalent of a telephone number on the [[Glossary:Internet|Internet]], and is used for routing data from one device to another anywhere in the world. [[Glossary:IPv4|IP version 4]] addresses consist of 4 decimal numbers separated by dots (e.g. 192.168.2.1), whereas in [[Glossary:IPv6|IP version 6]] they consist of up to 8 [[Glossary:Hexadecimal|hexadecimal]] numbers separated by colons. One or more consecutive zero fields are represented by a double colon, e.g. 2a00:1450:400e:810::200e | ||
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An IPAddress is the equivalent of a telephone number on the Internet, and is used for routing data from one device to another anywhere in the world. IP version 4 addresses consist of 4 decimal numbers separated by dots (e.g. 192.168.2.1), whereas in IP version 6 they consist of up to 8 hexadecimal numbers separated by colons. One or more consecutive zero fields are represented by a double colon, e.g. 2a00:1450:400e:810::200e