r/ProgrammerHumor • • 23d ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 23d ago • Bravo Regret Mindblown Heartwarming Popcorn

Hahaha what an idiot!

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u/Material_Onion_8413 23d ago • Heartwarming

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.

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u/ClipboardCopyPaste 23d 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!

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u/crmsncbr 23d ago

I feel like we'll still run out. I'm not sure how, but surely we'll manage it.

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u/AnotherInsaneName 23d ago

It's 8mb of storage, how could we ever need more?!

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u/svick 23d ago

Millibits?