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Early system for organizing the IPv4 address space
A classful network is an obsolete network addressing architecture used in the Internet from 1981 until the introduction of Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) in 1993. The method divides the IP address space for Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) into five address classes based on the leading four address bits. Classes A, B, and C provide unicast addresses for networks of three different network sizes. Class D is for multicast networking and the class E address range is reserved for future or experimental purposes. Wikipedia →
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📚 Books worth reading
Past MortemBen Elton · 2004
Not-so-nuclear FamiliesKaren V. Hansen · 2004
Community studiesColin Bell, Howard Newby · 1981- 📕Social capital and institutional constraintsJoonmo Son · 2012
The Human NetworkMatthew O. Jackson · 2019
Class ConstructionCarrie Freie · 2007- 📕AdelslandschaftenWolfgang Wüst · 2018
Mexico's MandarinsRoderic Ai Camp · 2002
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