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== Definitions ==
 
== Definitions ==
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An '''address''' is
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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>
   
 
=== Information technology ===
 
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An '''address''' is
 
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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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* A [[character]] or group of [[character]]s 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.
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* A label that is assigned to a device or item of [[data]] to identify its location.
   
 
=== 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

  1. Wiki.GIS.com, GIS Glossary (full-text).
  2. RFC 1392, Internet Glossary (Jan. 1993).