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== Information technology ==
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== Definitions ==
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An '''address''' is
 
An '''address''' is
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# A label that is assigned to a device or item of [[data]] to identify its location.
 
# A label that is assigned to a device or item of [[data]] to identify its location.
   
== Internet ==
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=== Internet ===
   
 
{{Quote|There are three types of '''addresses''' in common use within the [[Internet]]. They are [[email address]]; [[IP address|IP]], [[Internet address|internet]] or [[Internet address]]; and [[hardware]] or [[MAC address]].<ref>RFC 1392, Internet Glossary (Jan. 1993).</ref>}}
 
{{Quote|There are three types of '''addresses''' in common use within the [[Internet]]. They are [[email address]]; [[IP address|IP]], [[Internet address|internet]] or [[Internet address]]; and [[hardware]] or [[MAC address]].<ref>RFC 1392, Internet Glossary (Jan. 1993).</ref>}}
   
== Telecommunications ==
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=== Telecommunications ===
   
 
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]].

Revision as of 02:41, 18 April 2012

Definitions

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).