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Arjun Vijay Prakash
Arjun Vijay Prakash

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IP Addresses Explained Like You're Five! 🌐🏠

Imagine you're sending a letter to your friend.

To make sure it gets to the right place, you write their address on the envelope.

Now, think of the internet as a giant postal system.

When you want to visit a website or send a message online, your device needs to know where to send that request.

That's where IP addresses come in.

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An IP address is like a unique address for every device connected to the internet.

It helps data find its way from your computer, phone, or tablet to the right destination, whether it's a website, a server, or another device.

Just like how each house has its address, each device has its IP address.

It's a way for everything on the internet to find its way around, kind of like a digital GPS!

I hope I was able to explain the topic to you in the simplest of the language.


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