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Note that [[Internet Protocol version 4]] also exists. [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] 03:32, 9 June 2008 (CDT)
Note that [[Internet Protocol version 4]] also exists. [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] 03:32, 9 June 2008 (CDT)
== Reorganization ==
I have this pointing to both IPv4 and IPv6, and removed a good deal of text which tried to explain IP in terms of the [[Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model]], rather than the applicable [[Internet Protocol Suite]]. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 20:43, 14 July 2008 (CDT)

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 Definition Highly resilient protocol for messages sent across the internet, first by being broken into smaller packets (each with the endpoint address attached), then moving among many mid-points by unpredictable routes, and finally being reassembled into the original message at the endpoint. IP version 4 (IPv4) is from 1980 but lacked enough addresses for the entire world and was superseded by IP version 6 (IPv6) in 1998. [d] [e]
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Note that Internet Protocol version 4 also exists. Chris Day 03:32, 9 June 2008 (CDT)

Reorganization

I have this pointing to both IPv4 and IPv6, and removed a good deal of text which tried to explain IP in terms of the Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model, rather than the applicable Internet Protocol Suite. Howard C. Berkowitz 20:43, 14 July 2008 (CDT)