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Alright! Imagine your house has an address so that people know where to send your mail.

An IPv4 address is kind of like a house address, but for computers! It helps computers find and talk to each other on the internet or in a network.

An IPv4 address looks like this:

10.10.67.105

👉 Think of it as a four-part house address:

• The first part (10) is like the city you live in.
• The second part (10) is like your street name.
• The third part (67) is like your building number.
• The fourth part (105) is like your apartment number.

Just like how the mailman needs your full address to deliver a package, computers need an IPv4 address to send and receive information on a network! 📦💻🚀