Talk:Internet Protocol

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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 IP version 4 (IPv4) is from 1980 but lacked enough addresses for the entire world and was superseded by IP version 6 (IPv6) in 1998.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)