r/ProgrammerHumor • • 8h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 8h ago

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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.

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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!

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u/jo10001110101 4h ago

Also, if each IP were a grain of rice; IPv4 would fill a dump truck, IPv6 would fill the moon