IP Addresses, IPv4 vs IPv6, and CIDR— Simplified

Joy Joel
4 min readDec 15, 2022

Every device or location on a network must have an address. This means it may be found by referring to its identification in a predetermined address system.

What is IP?

IP stands for Internet Protocol, a set of rules governing how devices on a network communicate with one another.

An IP (Internet Protocol) address is a numerical identifier assigned to each device connected to a computer network that communicates using the IP protocol. An IP address serves as a unique identifier for a…

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Joy Joel

Abba’s Daughter| DevOps Engineer|Technical Writer