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How many bits are in an IPv4 address?

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32 bits

An IPv4 address is composed of four 8-bit sections called octets, which combine to create a unique 32-bit identifier for devices on a network. This limit allows for approximately 4.3 billion addresses, a number that seemed infinite in the 1980s but has since been exhausted by the global growth of the internet.

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