IP Address Length in Bytes
Question
An IP address is 32 bits long.
If converted to bytes, it would be:
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An IP address is a unique numerical identifier assigned to each device connected to the internet. The IP address is 32 bits long, which means it consists of 32 binary digits (or bits). Each bit can be either 0 or 1, and the 32 bits are usually divided into four octets (groups of eight bits) and represented in decimal form, separated by periods.
To convert bits to bytes, we need to group them into groups of 8 bits, which is equal to one byte. So, 32 bits can be divided into four groups of eight bits, which means that an IP address consists of four bytes. Therefore, the correct answer is A. 4 bytes.
It is important to note that there are two types of IP addresses - IPv4 and IPv6. IPv4 addresses are 32 bits long, while IPv6 addresses are 128 bits long. However, both types of IP addresses can be represented in bytes. An IPv4 address consists of four bytes, while an IPv6 address consists of 16 bytes.
