Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dotted decimal

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: dot-ted dec-i-mal
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A method of writing IP addresses where the value of each byte is given as a decimal number, and each byte separated by a dot.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"127.0.0.1 is the dotted decimal representation of the binary value 01111111000000000000000000000001, which is the address your computer uses to refer to itself."

Usage

Inflected Forms

dotted decimals (plural)

Questions

What does dotted decimal mean?: A method of writing IP addresses where the value of each byte is given as a decimal number, and each byte separated by a dot.

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