Thread: 340,282,366,920,938,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,00 0 new web addresses
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Old 22-07-2006, 09:49   #8
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Re: 340,282,366,920,938,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,00 0 new web addresses
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Originally Posted by TimesOnline
They gave each address a †œ16-bitââ‚ ¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚ number, which meant that the total number of available addresses worked out at about four billion (2 to the power of 32).
Bad article from the times there, IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses, IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses.
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