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- See also changes related to Internet Protocol version 6, or pages that link to Internet Protocol version 6 or to this page or whose text contains "Internet Protocol version 6".
Parent topics
- Internet [r]: International "network of networks" that connects computers together through the Internet Protocol Suite and supports applications like Email and the World Wide Web. [e]
- Internet Protocol [r]: Highly resilient protocol for messages sent across the internet, first by being broken into smaller packets (each with the endpoint address attached), then moving among many mid-points by unpredictable routes, and finally being reassembled into the original message at the endpoint. IP version 4 (IPv4) is from 1980 but lacked enough addresses for the entire world and was superseded by IP version 6 (IPv6) in 1998. [e]
- Internet Protocol Suite [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol version 6 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Internet Control Message Protocol version 6 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Top-Level Aggregation Identifiers [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Next-Level Aggregation Identifiers [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Stateless Address Autoconfiguration [r]: Add brief definition or description
Related Topics
- Domain Name System [r]: The Internet service which translates to and from IP addresses and domain names. [e]
- Enhanced Intermediate Gateway Routing Protocol [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Open Shortest Path First version 3 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Intermediate System-Intermediate System [r]: One of two nonproprietary and highly scalable Internet interior routing protocols, the other being Open Shortest Path First. [e]
- Multiprotocol Border Gateway Protocol [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Transmission Control Protocol [r]: (TCP) A protocol that reliably delivers bytes across an internet. As long as the connection is up, bytes will be delivered without bit errors and in the order they were sent. It does not guarantee latency. [e]
{{r|User Datagram Protocol}
- Internet Protocol version 6 deployment [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Internet Protocol [r]: Highly resilient protocol for messages sent across the internet, first by being broken into smaller packets (each with the endpoint address attached), then moving among many mid-points by unpredictable routes, and finally being reassembled into the original message at the endpoint. IP version 4 (IPv4) is from 1980 but lacked enough addresses for the entire world and was superseded by IP version 6 (IPv6) in 1998. [e]