
MAC Address is the acronym for media access control address. The above address in a simplified format is displayed as In order to simplify the representation of the IP addresses in text format, leading zeros are omitted, and the group of zeros is completed omitted. An example of an IPv6 address looks like this The group numbers are written as 4 hexadecimal digits.

IPv6 addresses are formatted in groups of six numbers separated by full colons. An example of an IPv4 address looks like this The minimum number is 0, and the maximum number is 255. IPv4 addresses are formatted in four groups of numbers separated by dots. Due to the massive growth of the internet, IPv6 has been developed, and it uses 128-bit numbers. There are currently two versions of IP addresses. An internet protocol address is used to uniquely identify a computer or device such as printers, storage disks on a computer network.

IP Address is the acronym for Internet Protocol address.
