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Digital Literacy How the Web Works The World Wide Web Domain Names and IP Addresses

Posted by Sheldon Li
Sheldon Li
9,309 Points

Why the up limit figure of IPV4 is 255 rather than 999?

where does the figure "255" come from?

3 Answers

Laurence Foley
Laurence Foley
16,695 Points

each octet in an IPv4 address represents an 8 bit binary number. There are 256 unique combinations you can get using 8 bits, so you can represent 256 numbers. Because the 0 is included, that allows you to count from 0 to 255.

Sheldon Li
Sheldon Li
9,309 Points

Thanks Laurence ! Good to know it..

Adam Fournace
Adam Fournace
Courses Plus Student 4,115 Points

Very concise and informative.

Syazzwan Pesalni
Syazzwan Pesalni
1,488 Points
Syazzwan Pesalni
Syazzwan Pesalni
1,488 Points

Thanks Laurence!

Tanvir Rashid
Tanvir Rashid
495 Points

thnx Laurence

Matthew Stevens
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Matthew Stevens
Courses Plus Student 1,828 Points
Matthew Stevens
Matthew Stevens
Courses Plus Student 1,828 Points

thz laurenzo