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Understanding IP Addresses

44 years ago on January 1st, 1970
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In essence, an IP address is a numeric address of a computer network or a single computer. Public IP addresses are assigned by their respective organizations. Most computers, referred to as hosts from now on, have two to three IP addresses. Each of these have a certain meaning to other hosts it might communicate with. If you have a router, all of the information exchanged between local devices and external hosts will go through your router.

Types of IP Addresses

Self IP Address
This IP address is used by your own computer when communicating with itself through transfer protocols.

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