Article: IPv6, the IP-address solution: what it is, and why it matters.(TRANSLATION PLEASE)(Internet protocol)

If there's one set of letters that's on an unstoppable march, it has to be "I" and "P," which, when partnered as "Internet protocol;' are the juice of a worldwide network, and a zillion offshoots.There's IPTV, voice-over-IP, TCP/IP, and on and on.

IP, simply put, is the essence of the lnternet, public and private.

(As this column has noted before, "IP" is also one of those acronyms that isn't all that graceful when spoken. Try this out loud: "It seems like IP everywhere")

ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM

Lately, a problem is lurking in IP. It's fairly big, data technologists say, but it's not insurmountable. The problem is this: A shortage is ...

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