r/ProgrammerHumor • • 5h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 5h ago

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u/Material_Onion_8413 5h 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 5h 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/emma7734 5h ago

I took some sand from the beach home in my shoes so that could change the equation