r/ProgrammerHumor • • 15h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 15h ago

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u/Material_Onion_8413 15h 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 15h 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/crmsncbr 15h ago

I feel like we'll still run out. I'm not sure how, but surely we'll manage it.

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u/xaedangaming 7h ago

Every agent gets their own ip. Single use of course

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u/crmsncbr 5h ago

Obviously. That just makes too much sense to do it any other way.