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Internet Protocol, version 4.
Defined by the IETF [1] in RFC791 [2], this is the protocol most
widely used as the basis of the Internet [3].
It is normally most visible as an IPAddress [4], which in version 4
has the format
_nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn_
where _nnn_ is a number between 0 and 255.
IPv4 is in the process of being superceded by IPv6 [5], although the
transition will take a very long time (like, decades).
Links:
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[1] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?IETF
[2] http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc791.html
[3] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Internet
[4] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?IPAddress
[5] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?IPv6
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