What does the slash mean in an IP address?

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What does the slash mean in an IP address?

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Answer 1

IP addresses are a labelling scheme and that label is like human labels, they have a “first” name and a “family” name. They’re mashed up together and the “/” tells us where the split is. So, if you know the technique to do it (there’s a lot of comments outlining HOW to do that), then you can get each if you need them for whatever reason. So, humans separate our first and last names when writing by using a ” “, whilst the IPv4 convention uses the “/” symbol and a “formula” to get each.