How many bits does an IP address consist of?

Question

Question

This question was previously asked in

SSC CHSL 2020 Official Paper 26 (Held on: 9 Aug 2021 Shift 2)

Answer 1

The correct answer is 32.

Key Points

An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label such as 192.0.2.1 associated with a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. IP addresses perform two main functions: network interface identification and location addressing.
- Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) defines an IP address as a 32-bit number. However, due to the development of the Internet and the lack of available IPv4 addresses, a new version of IP (IPv6) was standardized in 1998, using 128 bits for the IP address. IPv6 deployment has been around since the mid-2000s.
- IP describes a set of standards and requirements for creating and transmitting the data packets or datagrams across networks.
- The two main functions include interface identification and location addressing.
- IP addresses are binary numbers but are typically expressed in decimal forms or Hexadecimal forms to make reading and using them easier for humans.