Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Chapter 3 Q1 What is an IP Address? What is it’s main function?


Every machine on the Internet­ has a unique identifying number, called an IP Address. A typical IP address looks like this:

  • 216.27.61.137

­To make it easier for us humans to remember, IP addresses are normally expressed in decimal format as a "dotted decimal number" like the one above. But computers communicate in binary form. Look at the same IP address in binary:

11011000.00011011.00111101.10001001

Reference: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question549.htm

1 comment:

  1. nternet Protocol is also known as Ip address.Every users on internet have their own ip address.Users on internet identify by their ip address.Ip address provided by the internet service provider.There are two types of ip address static,dynamic ip address...

    Static Ip address will not change forever ..Even if you reset the modem the static ip address won't change.Static Ip address also known as dedicated ip address..You can use for website..This ip is dedicated for your website only..

    Dynamic Ip address :

    Dynamic ip address will change whenever you reset the modem.A new ip address will assigned for your connection...You can use dynamic ip address for browsing and normal internet usage....you can use the site Ip-details.com check the ip address whether it is static or dynamic ip address

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