Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol (IP), the communications protocol that provides an identification and location system for computers on networks and routes traffic across the Internet. IPv6 was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to deal with the long-anticipated problem of IPv4 address exhaustion. IPv6 is intended to replace IPv4 In December 1998.
IPv4 uses a 32-bit address for its Internet addresses. That means it can provide support for 2^32 IP addresses in total around 4.29 billion. That may seem like a lot, but all 4.29 billion IP addresses have now been assigned, leading to the address shortage issues we face today.
IPv6 utilizes 128-bit Internet addresses. Therefore, it can support 2^128 Internet addresses—340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 of them to be exact. The number of IPv6 addresses is 1028 times larger than the number of IPv4 addresses. So there are more than enough IPv6 addresses to allow for Internet devices to expand for a very long time.
Acronym | Full Form |
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IRDA | Infrared DATA Association |
SLR | Single Lens Reflex |
GPRS | General Packet Radio Service |
ASR | Automated Speech Recognition |
CCTV | Closed Circuit Television |
CRT | Cathode Ray Tube |
DSL | Digital Subscriber Line |
EDGE | Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution |
EDP | Electronic Data Processing |
FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
GIF | Graphics Interchange Format |
GNU | GNU's Not UNIX |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
HDMI | High Definition Multimedia Interface |
HVAC | Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning |
IC | Integrated Circuit |
IDE | Integrated Development Environment |
IDE | Integrated Drive Electronics |
RSS | Really Simple Syndication |
MSC | Mobile Switching Center |
DP | Data Processing |
IMEI | International Mobile Equipment Identity |
INTERNET | Interconnected Network |
JSF | Java Server Faces |
LASER | Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
MTS | Microsoft Transaction Server |
PING | Packet InterNet Groper |
PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
RADAR | Radio Detection And Ranging |
RAM | Random Access Memory |
RO | Reverse Osmosis |
SMPS | Switched-Mode Power Supply |
SONAR | Sound Navigation and Ranging |
UF | Ultra Filtration |
UPS | Uninterruptible Power Supply |
UV | Ultraviolet |
VHDL | VHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit) Hardware Description Language |
VPI | Virtual Path Identifier |
WPA | Wi-Fi Protected Access |
CTS | Clear to Send |
ECC | Error Correcting Code |
ECC | ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Central Component |
IT | Information Technology |
STD | Subscriber Trunk Dialing |
MIS | Management Information System |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
ASP | Application Service Provider |
ATA or PATA | Advanced Technology Attachment / Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment |
BIOS | Basic Input Output System |
VIRUS | Vital Information Resources Under Seize |
CNC | Computerized Numerical Control |
DNS | Domain Name System |
DTP | Desk-Top Publishing |
DTP | Distributed Transaction Processing |
HTTP | HyperText Transfer protocol |
ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
ITES | Information Technology Enabled Services |
JPG / JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
MMS | Multimedia Messaging Service |
MMS | Microsoft Media Server |
Portable Document Format | |
RIP | Routing Information Protocol |
SEO | Search Engine Optimization |
SIM | Subscriber Identity Module |
SMS | Short Message Service |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
USB | Universal Serial Bus |
WWW | World Wide Web |
XMPP | Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol |
EVM | Electronic Voting Machine |
UPI | Unified Payment Interface |
SSD | Solid-State Drive |
ASAT | Anti-satellite Weapons |
ASLV | Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle / Advanced Satellite Launch Vehicle |
ATS | Application Tracking System |
RSA | Rivert-Shamir-Adleman |
MICR | Magnetic Ink Character Recognition |
IOS | Iphone Operating System |
SATA | Serial AT Attachment |
UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
RFID | Radio-Frequency Identification |
IVR | Interactive Voice Response |
SAS | Statistical Analysis System |
CMS | Content management system |
TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
CRM | Customer Relationship Management |
SPSS | Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences |
HTTPs | Hyper Text Transfer protocol secure |
IP address | Internet Protocol |
IPV4 | Internet protocol version 4 |