The Internet Protocol (continued)

In the Internet world, the "telephone numbers" for the network are IP addresses. IP addresses consist of four subsets of numbers ranging from 0-255.

We often don't see these IP addresses because there is a system in place, called the Domain Name Service (DNS), that translates IP addresses to easier to use domain names. Click on each...see how they connect to the same web site?

Try It!

http://www.grantcom.us

is the same as

http://65.104.157.57