Internet Protocol (IP) address

Subject – Science and Tech

Context – DoT fixes Dec 2022 deadline for transition to new IP addresses

Concept –

The address provided to a connection in a network is called IP (Internet Protocol) address.
It identifies the connection of a computer on the internet.
IPv4 is a 32-bit (4 bytes) address, and IPv6 is a 128-bits (16 bytes) address.
IP address does not uniquely identify a device on a network but, it specifies a particular connection in a network.
IP address changes each time a device is connected to the network as it is dynamically allocated to the device when it participates in the network.
IPv4 is the fourth version of the Internet Protocol (IP). It is one of the core protocols of standards-based internetworking methods in the Internet and other packet-switched networks.
IPv6 is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol (IP), the communications protocol that provides an identification and location system for computers on networks and routes traffic across the Internet.