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IPv4 Addresses, Routing and Subnet Masks

By Mia Combeau
In Computer Science
15 Min read
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IPv4 addresses are the most common on the Internet. How can they uniquely identify every connected object? How do they facilitate data routing from one side of this vast network to the other? And why are they progressively being replaced by IPv6 addresses? We will attempt to answer these questions in this article. But before that, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to remind ourselves of the...

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The Internet’s Layered Network Architecture

By Mia Combeau
In Computer Science
15 Min read
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We all know the Internet. It’s the network that enables data transfer on a global scale. Its magnitude is staggering: there are about 5 billion users, 200 million active websites, 300 billion emails sent daily and 40 thousand Google searches every second. We access it by different means (WiFi, optical fiber, coaxial cable…), and with various devices (computers, smartphones...

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