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In [[IPv6]], IP addresses consist of 16 [[byte]]s, allowing for a theoretically total of 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 unique addresses. The literal representation is done in blocks of 16 bits written in hex, separated by colon, such as 2001:db8:1:2:3:4:5:6 (zeros at the left don't need to be written). A longer address, with many zeros can get compressed; for example ff02:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 will become ff02::1. | In [[IPv6]], IP addresses consist of 16 [[byte]]s, allowing for a theoretically total of 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 unique addresses. The literal representation is done in blocks of 16 bits written in hex, separated by colon, such as 2001:db8:1:2:3:4:5:6 (zeros at the left don't need to be written). A longer address, with many zeros can get compressed; for example ff02:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 will become ff02::1. | ||
==See | ==See also== | ||
* [[Internet Protocol]] | * [[Internet Protocol]] | ||
* [[IPv4]] - the most widely deployed version of the [[Internet Protocol]] | * [[IPv4]] - the most widely deployed version of the [[Internet Protocol]] | ||