Characteristics of IPv4
Learning about computer networking is always a fascinating topic as it also introduces you to how computing devices interpret data and present information. Using a computer or smart device, we usually see a very well-polished graphical user interface (GUI). In Microsoft Windows, for example, there is Windows Explorer, which helps us navigate the various areas (locations) of a computer easily. When opening files, such as pictures, the photo viewer application presents us with a picture our minds can interpret. However, by default, computers and networking devices are unable to interpret the objects within a picture.
When data is written onto a hard disk drive (HDD), there's an actuator arm that contains a read/write head (pin), which is used to magnetize and de-magnetize areas on the platters to represent data. This means that what we see as a picture of a car on the computer screen is, to the device, a portion of the HDD being magnetized and de-magnetized...
