计算机专业英语Lesson 14.pptVIP

Lesson 14IP Address 教学课件 Every computer that communicates over the Internet is assigned an IP address that uniquely identifies the device and distinguishes it from other computers on the Internet. ［1］To make it easier for us humans to remember， a typical IP address is normally expressed in decimal format as a “dotted decimal number” like 192.168.10.126. But computers communicate in binary form. Look at the same IP address in binary： 1010100001111110 The four numbers in an IP address are called octets， because they each have eight positions when viewed in binary