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IP address (Internet Protocol) connected to a (computing) network for addressing and communication that uses a decimal numerical label such as 172.168.10.254, that label is version 4 or popular with IPv4.

Dotted decimal notation expresses IP addresses in dotted quads-four octets separated by dots (A.B.C.D), each octet in the address is represented as a decimal number and the dots are used as octet separators.




IPv4 address in dotted-decimal notation
 
3.147.7.83
Your public IP address
Amazon.com, Inc., US
 
 
 
 
Binary numbering
00000011 . 10010011 . 00000111 . 01010011
                   ⇊
                   8 bits
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32 bits (4 bytes)