Difference between revisions of "Octet"

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An Octet is an 8-bit byte of data.  We use the term as applied to an IP address.  IP addresses, as of this writing, have four octet values each separated by a dot.
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An Octet is an 8-bit byte of data.  We use the term as applied to an [[IP address]].  IP addresses, as of this writing, have four octet values each separated by a dot.
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For example "200" is the last octet of this IP address: 192.168.0.200
  
 
See also wikipedia octet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet_%28computing%29]
 
See also wikipedia octet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet_%28computing%29]

Latest revision as of 20:16, 5 March 2007

An Octet is an 8-bit byte of data. We use the term as applied to an IP address. IP addresses, as of this writing, have four octet values each separated by a dot.

For example "200" is the last octet of this IP address: 192.168.0.200

See also wikipedia octet [1]