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WHAT IS A NETWORK OR IP ADDRESS

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NETWORK ADDRESS  is more commonly known as  IP ADDRESS.  It is the numeric address of a computer connected to the network. It is a set of numbers, called as " octets"  or " dotted decimal " notation, that identifies any network device.                     It can be compared to the physical address that we use for our homes which uniquely identifies it from the rest of the homes in our neighborhood, town, city, province, country and the whole wide world. EXAMPLES:                                     -172.16.254.1                    -192.168.1.1 WHAT ARE THE VERSIONS OF IP ADDRESS?                   There are two versions of IP that currently coexist in the global Internet: IP version 4 (IPv4) and IP version 6 (IPv6)...