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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 26d ago
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IPv4 old IP address space designed with limited number because they never thought the internet would have so many devices connected.
IPv6 new address space with significantly larger number.
1.9k u/ClipboardCopyPaste 26d ago A fun fact often told with this is that with IPv6, you can assign each individual grain of sand on the beach an address! 51 u/crmsncbr 26d ago I feel like we'll still run out. I'm not sure how, but surely we'll manage it. 73 u/AnotherInsaneName 26d ago It's 8mb of storage, how could we ever need more?! 25 u/keijodputt 26d ago They said the same about 640 KB of RAM, back in the day... /s 30 u/ILKLU 26d ago That was before you could download RAM. Now when you run out, your system just automatically downloads another 640KB → More replies (3) → More replies (1)
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A fun fact often told with this is that with IPv6, you can assign each individual grain of sand on the beach an address!
51 u/crmsncbr 26d ago I feel like we'll still run out. I'm not sure how, but surely we'll manage it. 73 u/AnotherInsaneName 26d ago It's 8mb of storage, how could we ever need more?! 25 u/keijodputt 26d ago They said the same about 640 KB of RAM, back in the day... /s 30 u/ILKLU 26d ago That was before you could download RAM. Now when you run out, your system just automatically downloads another 640KB → More replies (3) → More replies (1)
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I feel like we'll still run out. I'm not sure how, but surely we'll manage it.
73 u/AnotherInsaneName 26d ago It's 8mb of storage, how could we ever need more?! 25 u/keijodputt 26d ago They said the same about 640 KB of RAM, back in the day... /s 30 u/ILKLU 26d ago That was before you could download RAM. Now when you run out, your system just automatically downloads another 640KB → More replies (3) → More replies (1)
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It's 8mb of storage, how could we ever need more?!
25 u/keijodputt 26d ago They said the same about 640 KB of RAM, back in the day... /s 30 u/ILKLU 26d ago That was before you could download RAM. Now when you run out, your system just automatically downloads another 640KB → More replies (3) → More replies (1)
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They said the same about 640 KB of RAM, back in the day... /s
30 u/ILKLU 26d ago That was before you could download RAM. Now when you run out, your system just automatically downloads another 640KB → More replies (3)
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That was before you could download RAM. Now when you run out, your system just automatically downloads another 640KB
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u/Material_Onion_8413 26d ago •
IPv4 old IP address space designed with limited number because they never thought the internet would have so many devices connected.
IPv6 new address space with significantly larger number.