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Meaning of dotted decimal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A method of writing IP addresses where the value of each byte is given as a decimal number, and each byte separated by a dot.

Internet, countable, uncountable

Examples

“127.0.0.1 is the dotted decimal representation of the binary value 01111111000000000000000000000001, which is the address your computer uses to refer to itself.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

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