IPV6 is in which format:

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Hexadecimal format.

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IPV6 addresses are written in hexadecimal format.
An IPV6 address consists of 128 bits and is divided into eight groups of four hexadecimal digits, separated by colons.
Each hexadecimal digit represents 4 bits, making it suitable for representing large address spaces.
An example of an IPV6 address is 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334.
Hexadecimal format is used because it is more compact and readable compared to binary format.

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IPV6 was developed to address the exhaustion of IPV4 addresses and provides a vastly larger address space.
IPV6 also includes improvements in areas such as routing and network autoconfiguration.
IPV6 addresses can be shortened by omitting leading zeros and using double colons (::) to represent consecutive groups of zeros.
IPv6 has built-in security features such as mandatory support for IPsec, which provides confidentiality, integrity, and authentication at the IP layer.