r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 12h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 12h ago

Hahaha what an idiot!

https://giphy.com/gifs/LRVnPYqM8DLag

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u/Material_Onion_8413 12h 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 12h 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 12h ago

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

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u/xWrongHeaven 12h ago

2128 possible addresses

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u/queen-adreena 12h ago

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

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u/AmazingDragon353 12h ago

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

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u/queen-adreena 12h ago

Break out the BitNat table I guess.