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'''IPV6''' (or '''Internet Protocol Version 6''') is a [[Internet protocol|protocol]] which allows each computer to have a [[:wikt:unique|unique]] name on the [[internet]]. Each computer is issued an unique set of 8 groups of [[Hexadecimal numeral system|hexadecimal]] numbers called an address.  The older IP address system is called IPv4 and used a series of 12 [[Decimal|numbers]], like "192.168.1.254".<ref name="IPV4">{{C(contracted; show full)e a network's identifier.<ref name="IPV6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/STCMML8/com.ibm.storage.ts3500.doc/opg_3584_IPv4_IPv6_prefix_subnet_mask.html|title=IPV6 Addresses}}</ref> (<code>2001:0000:3238:DFE1</code> in the example above.) Those bits will remain the same for each network. The second four groups of numbers (<code>0063:0000:0000:FEFB</code>) in the address is the name of the computer.

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