Everything about Dot-decimal notation

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Dot-decimal notationA 5-minute orientation
2. Pick up a classic book: Data Communications and NetworkingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
3. Go sideways: Octet (computing)A closely related topic
4. Go sideways: IP addressA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

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📚 Books worth reading

• Data Communications and NetworkingBehrouz A. Forouzan, Catherine Ann Coombs · 2000
• Business data communicationsManish Agrawal · 2011

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