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An '''IP Address''' is a numeric representation of a computer's location on the [[Internet]].

The '''IP''' in '''IP Address''' is short for '''I'''nternet '''P'''rotocol, and is the same term as used in the term '''TCP/IP''', which is the universal communication method between computers on the internet.

An '''IP Address''' is actually a number between 0 and 4294967295, but to make them easier to communicate, they are often broken into four numbers, called the '''dotted-decimal''' notation.

Some examples of '''IP Addresses''':
<pre>
192.168.0.1
10.0.4.2
76.12.128.181
</pre>
The dotted-decimal notation consists of four numbers, between zero and 255, and separated by three periods: "."

Each portion of the '''IP address''' has up to 256 values (zero being a possible value), meaning that the total available '''IP Addresses''' on the internet is 256 x 256 x 256 x 256 = 4294967296 computers.

Due to the fact that most [[Routers]], [[Firewalls]], and other network devices perform something called [[Network Address Translation]] or [[NAT]], often a single internet address may represent more than one (even hundreds) of computers.

=Converting an IP Address to a number=
To convert an '''IP Address''' into a single number, the following formula can be used:
<pre>
A.B.C.D

IP-Integer = ((((A x 256) + B) x 256) + C) x 256) + D;
</pre>
=IP Addresses and Analytics=
Because many [http://www.conversionruler.com/ Conversion Tracking] solutions store and record '''IP Addresses''', a common misconception by [[Marketing Professionals]] is that an '''IP Address''' represents a single visitor or individual.

In many cases, however, this is not true. As mentioned above, a [[Firewall]] or [[Router]] performs a technical method called [[Network Address Translation]] and makes hundreds of home computers appear to all share a single, or a handful of '''IP Addresses.'''
=IPv6=
There is a newer version of '''IP Addresses''' which supports even more unique computer addresses than the above examples.

Traditional '''IP Addresses''' in use today are called IPv4, as they can be represented by four numbers in the dotted-decimal format.

IPv6 is an extension of those addresses, and use six numbers between 0 and 255 to represent a computer address.

Using IPv6, the number of uniquely addressable computers on the internet is: 281,474,976,645,120, or 281 Trillion.

IPv6 is not in widespread use today, but has been implemented in most operating systems.

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 Each portion of the '''IP address''' has up to 256 values (zero being a possible value), meaning that the total available '''IP Addresses''' on the internet is 256 x 256 x 256 x 256 = 4294967296 computers.
-Due to the fact that most [[Routers]], [[Firewalls]], and other network devices perform something called [[Network Address Translation]] or [[NAT]], often a single internet address may represent more than one (even hundreds) of computers.
+Due to the fact that most [[Router]]s, [[Firewall]]s, and other network devices perform something called [[Network Address Translation]] or [[NAT]], often a single internet address may represent more than one (even hundreds) of computers.
 =Converting an IP Address to a number=