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An '''address''' is the coded representation of the source or destination of a [[message]].
 
An '''address''' is the coded representation of the source or destination of a [[message]].
 
   
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 08:42, 14 July 2011

Information technology

An address is

  1. A character or group of characters that identifies a register, a particular part of storage, or some other data source or destination.
  2. 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.[1]

Telecommunications

An address is the coded representation of the source or destination of a message.

References

  1. RFC 1392, Internet Glossary (Jan. 1993).