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Did you know? IPv4 addresses — the "house numbers" of the old internet — are exhausted. The system has 4.3 billion addresses; with the growth of devices it ran out in 2011. IPv6 (3.4×10³⁸ addresses — more than grains of sand on Earth) solves it, but worldwide adoption is slow.

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IPv4 addresses — the "house numbers" of the old internet — are exhausted. The system has 4.3 billion addresses; with the growth of devices it ran out in 2011. IPv6 (3.4×10³⁸ addresses — more than grains of sand on Earth) solves it, but worldwide adoption is slow.

IPv4-adressen — de "huisnummers" van het oude internet — zijn op. Het systeem heeft 4,3 miljard adressen; aan de groei van apparaten liep dat in 2011 vol. IPv6 (3,4×10³⁸ adressen — meer dan zandkorrels op aarde) lost het op, maar wereldwijde adoptie gaat traag.

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