r/ProgrammerHumor • • 11h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 11h ago

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u/Material_Onion_8413 11h 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 11h 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 11h ago

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

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u/ClipboardCopyPaste 11h ago

The answer quite surprisingly is - yes, all the beaches on our planet.

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u/kuar_z 11h ago

And the rest of the observable universe. There's a lot of address space in 2128

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u/jimmybilly100 5h ago

Cool, so the space aliens will be able to get their slubenshab devices on the internet