What does a double-colon designate in an IPv6 address?
A) The separation of the host and subnet
B) The end of the address
C) Abbreviation of two or more groups of zeros
D) The beginning of the address
E) The part of the address where your eyes glaze over at all of the hexadecimal numbers
The answer: C) Abbreviation of two or more groups of zeros
If an IPv6 address has two or more groups of zeros, the entire group can be replaced with a pair of colons. Only one range of zeros in an IP address can be abbreviated with the double-colon designation.
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