polksalet Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 340,282,366,920,938,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 new web addresses created by internet chiefs... so we won't run out of space soon, then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecerwin Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 When the internet was developed in the 1980s, programmers had no idea how big it would become. They gave each address a “16-bit” number, which meant that the total number of available addresses worked out at about four billion (2 to the power of 32). But as use grew, it became clear that the old protocol, IPv4, wasn’t big enough, so a new one was written based on “32-bit numbers”. That increased the number of available addresses to 340 undecillion, 282 decillion, 366 nonillion, 920 octillion, 938 septillion — enough for the foreseeable future, Mr Kessens said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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