IP address  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected
from IP adress) Jump to: navigation, search   The designers of
the Internet Protocol defined an IP address as a 32-bit
number[1] and this system, known as Internet Protocol Version 4
(IPv4), is still in use today. However, due to the enormous
growth of the Internet and the predicted depletion of available
addresses, a new version of IP (IPv6), using 128 bits for the
address, was developed in 1995.[3] IPv6 was standardized as RFC
2460 in 1998,[4] and its deployment has been ongoing since the
mid-2000s.  IP addresses are binary numbers, but they are
usually stored in text files and displayed in human-readable
notations, such as (for IPv4), and 2001:db8:0:1234:0:567:8:1
(for IPv6).  The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
manages the IP address space allocations globally and delegates
five regional Internet registries (RIRs) to allocate IP address
blocks to local Internet registries (Internet service providers)
and other entities.  IP version