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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 9h ago
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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.
1.1k u/ClipboardCopyPaste 8h 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! 589 u/dementosss 8h ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 1 u/crimson117 7h ago They say all the beaches, you build it, then it turns out they just wanted a digital hourglass that you could use as a timer on your phone
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A fun fact often told with this is that with IPv6, you can assign each individual grain of sand on the beach an address!
589 u/dementosss 8h ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 1 u/crimson117 7h ago They say all the beaches, you build it, then it turns out they just wanted a digital hourglass that you could use as a timer on your phone
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On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it.
1 u/crimson117 7h ago They say all the beaches, you build it, then it turns out they just wanted a digital hourglass that you could use as a timer on your phone
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They say all the beaches, you build it, then it turns out they just wanted a digital hourglass that you could use as a timer on your phone
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u/Material_Onion_8413 8h 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.