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+ | {{Quote|[a] designation of the location of a person's residence or workplace, an organization, or a building, consisting of [[numerical]] and [[text]] elements such as a street number, street name, and city arranged in a particular [[format]].<ref>[[Wiki.GIS.com]], GIS Glossary ([http://wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/GIS_Glossary full-text]).</ref> |
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− | + | * A [[character]] or group of [[character]]s that identifies a register, a particular part of [[storage]], or some other [[data]] source or destination. |
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=== Internet === |
=== Internet === |
Revision as of 03:28, 12 April 2014
Definitions
General
An address is
{{Quote|[a] designation of the location of a person's residence or workplace, an organization, or a building, consisting of numerical and text elements such as a street number, street name, and city arranged in a particular format.[1]
Information technology
An address is
- A character or group of characters that identifies a register, a particular part of storage, or some other data source or destination.
- A label that is assigned to a device or item of data to identify its location.
Internet
“ | There are three types of addresses in common use within the Internet. They are email address; IP, internet or Internet address; and hardware or MAC address.[2] | ” |
Telecommunications
An address is the coded representation of the source or destination of a message.
References
- ↑ Wiki.GIS.com, GIS Glossary (full-text).
- ↑ RFC 1392, Internet Glossary (Jan. 1993).