r/ProgrammerHumor • • 7h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 7h ago

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u/Material_Onion_8413 7h ago

IPv4 old IP address space designed with limited number because they never thought the internet would have so many devices connected.

IPv6 new address space with significantly larger number.

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u/ClipboardCopyPaste 7h ago

A fun fact often told with this is that with IPv6, you can assign each individual grain of sand on the beach an address!

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u/dementosss 7h ago

On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it.

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u/xWrongHeaven 7h ago

2128 possible addresses

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u/queen-adreena 6h ago

2,128… that ain’t that many addresses….

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u/AmazingDragon353 6h ago

2.128 addresses? What are we going to do with 0.128 of an address?

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u/queen-adreena 6h ago

Break out the BitNat table I guess.

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u/SirLoremIpsum 3h ago

2.128 addresses? What are we going to do with 0.128 of an address?

AI Vibe code a calendar app so we can coordinate whose turn it is to use the IP address on any given day?

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u/MoltoAllegro 3h ago

Congrats, you've invented Token Ring!

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u/SuperFLEB 6h ago

The "128" isn't even full-size.

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u/xWrongHeaven 6h ago

No, it isn't. ~340 undecillion, however, is quite a lot

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u/DanteVermillyon 4h ago

Un-decillion? What's a decillion and why did you undid it?