IPv6, the Glossary
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol (IP), the communications protocol that provides an identification and location system for computers on networks and routes traffic across the Internet.[1]
Table of Contents
167 relations: Address Resolution Protocol, Africa, AFRINIC, Allison Mankin, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Amsterdam Internet Exchange, Anycast, APNIC, Application layer, AT&T, Autonomous system (Internet), BBC News, Bit, Border Gateway Protocol, Brian Carpenter (engineer), Broadband, Broadcast address, Broadcasting (networking), Campus network, Cellular network, CERN, China Next Generation Internet, Chubu Electric Power, Cisco Press, Classless Inter-Domain Routing, Comcast, Communication protocol, Comparison of IPv6 support in common applications, Comparison of IPv6 support in operating systems, Computer, Cryptography, DARPA, Datagram, David D. Clark, Deutsche Telekom, DHCPv6, DoD IPv6 product certification, Domain Name System, Dot-decimal notation, End-to-end principle, Ethernet, File Transfer Protocol, FreeBSD, Fully qualified domain name, Government agency, Happy Eyeballs, Header (computing), Hexadecimal, Hextet, Hostname, ... Expand index (117 more) »
- Internet layer protocols
- Network layer protocols
Address Resolution Protocol
The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a communication protocol used for discovering the link layer address, such as a MAC address, associated with a given internet layer address, typically an IPv4 address.
See IPv6 and Address Resolution Protocol
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
See IPv6 and Africa
AFRINIC
AFRINIC (African Network Information Centre) is the regional Internet registry (RIR) for Africa.
See IPv6 and AFRINIC
Allison Mankin
Allison Mankin is an American computer scientist and prominent figure in the area of Internet governance.
American Registry for Internet Numbers
The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) is the regional Internet registry for the United States, Canada, and many Caribbean and North Atlantic islands.
See IPv6 and American Registry for Internet Numbers
Amsterdam Internet Exchange
The Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) is an Internet exchange point based in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands.
See IPv6 and Amsterdam Internet Exchange
Anycast
Anycast is a network addressing and routing methodology in which a single IP address is shared by devices (generally servers) in multiple locations.
See IPv6 and Anycast
APNIC
APNIC (the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre) is the regional Internet address registry (RIR) for the Asia–Pacific region.
See IPv6 and APNIC
Application layer
An application layer is an abstraction layer that specifies the shared communication protocols and interface methods used by hosts in a communications network.
See IPv6 and Application layer
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas.
See IPv6 and AT&T
Autonomous system (Internet)
An autonomous system (AS) is a collection of connected Internet Protocol (IP) routing prefixes under the control of one or more network operators on behalf of a single administrative entity or domain, that presents a common and clearly defined routing policy to the Internet.
See IPv6 and Autonomous system (Internet)
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Bit
The bit is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communication.
See IPv6 and Bit
Border Gateway Protocol
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a standardized exterior gateway protocol designed to exchange routing and reachability information among autonomous systems (AS) on the Internet.
See IPv6 and Border Gateway Protocol
Brian Carpenter (engineer)
Brian Edward Carpenter (born 30 May 1946) is a British Internet engineer and a former chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), and the Internet Society.
See IPv6 and Brian Carpenter (engineer)
Broadband
In telecommunications, broadband or high speed is the wide-bandwidth data transmission that exploits signals at a wide spread of frequencies or several different simultaneous frequencies, and is used in fast Internet access.
Broadcast address
A broadcast address is a network address used to transmit to all devices connected to a multiple-access communications network.
See IPv6 and Broadcast address
Broadcasting (networking)
In computer networking, telecommunication and information theory, broadcasting is a method of transferring a message to all recipients simultaneously.
See IPv6 and Broadcasting (networking)
Campus network
A campus network, campus area network, corporate area network or CAN is a computer network made up of an interconnection of local area networks (LANs) within a limited geographical area.
Cellular network
A cellular network or mobile network is a telecommunications network where the link to and from end nodes is wireless and the network is distributed over land areas called cells, each served by at least one fixed-location transceiver (typically three cell sites or base transceiver stations).
CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (Conseil européen pour la Recherche nucléaire), is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world.
See IPv6 and CERN
China Next Generation Internet
The China Next Generation Internet (CNGI) project is an ongoing plan for the accelerated rollout and application of the IPv6 protocol nationwide.
See IPv6 and China Next Generation Internet
Chubu Electric Power
, abbreviated as Chuden in Japanese, is a Japanese electric utilities provider for the middle Chūbu region of the Honshu island of Japan.
See IPv6 and Chubu Electric Power
Cisco Press
Cisco Press is a publishing alliance between Cisco Systems and Pearson, the world's largest education publishing and technology company which is part of Pearson PLC, the global publisher and co-owner (47%) of Penguin Group and formerly Financial Times.
Classless Inter-Domain Routing
Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) is a method for allocating IP addresses for IP routing.
See IPv6 and Classless Inter-Domain Routing
Comcast
Comcast Corporation (simply known as Comcast, and formerly known as American Cable Systems and Comcast Holdings),Before the AT&T merger in 2001, the parent company was Comcast Holdings Corporation.
See IPv6 and Comcast
Communication protocol
A communication protocol is a system of rules that allows two or more entities of a communications system to transmit information via any variation of a physical quantity.
See IPv6 and Communication protocol
Comparison of IPv6 support in common applications
This is a comparison of applications in regard to their support of the IPv6 protocol.
See IPv6 and Comparison of IPv6 support in common applications
Comparison of IPv6 support in operating systems
This is a comparison of operating systems in regard to their support of the IPv6 protocol.
See IPv6 and Comparison of IPv6 support in operating systems
Computer
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation).
Cryptography
Cryptography, or cryptology (from κρυπτός|translit.
DARPA
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.
See IPv6 and DARPA
Datagram
A datagram is a basic transfer unit associated with a packet-switched network.
David D. Clark
David Dana "Dave" Clark (born April 7, 1944) is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer who has been involved with Internet developments since the mid-1970s.
Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom AG (often just Telekom, DTAG or DT; stylised as ·T·) is a German telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn and is the largest telecommunications provider in Europe by revenue.
DHCPv6
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol version 6 (DHCPv6) is a network protocol for configuring Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) hosts with IP addresses, IP prefixes, default route, local segment MTU, and other configuration data required to operate in an IPv6 network.
See IPv6 and DHCPv6
DoD IPv6 product certification
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) product certification program began as a mandate from the DoD's Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks & Information Integration (ASD-NII) in 2005.
See IPv6 and DoD IPv6 product certification
Domain Name System
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical and distributed name service that provides a naming system for computers, services, and other resources on the Internet or other Internet Protocol (IP) networks.
See IPv6 and Domain Name System
Dot-decimal notation
Dot-decimal notation is a presentation format for numerical data.
See IPv6 and Dot-decimal notation
End-to-end principle
The end-to-end principle is a design framework in computer networking.
See IPv6 and End-to-end principle
Ethernet
Ethernet is a family of wired computer networking technologies commonly used in local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN) and wide area networks (WAN).
File Transfer Protocol
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard communication protocol used for the transfer of computer files from a server to a client on a computer network.
See IPv6 and File Transfer Protocol
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
See IPv6 and FreeBSD
Fully qualified domain name
A fully qualified domain name (FQDN), sometimes also referred to as an absolute domain name, is a domain name that specifies its exact location in the tree hierarchy of the Domain Name System (DNS).
See IPv6 and Fully qualified domain name
Government agency
A government agency or 1 Branches, state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government (bureaucracy) that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administration.
See IPv6 and Government agency
Happy Eyeballs
Happy Eyeballs (also called Fast Fallback) is an algorithm published by the IETF that makes dual-stack applications (those that understand both IPv4 and IPv6) more responsive to users by attempting to connect using both IPv4 and IPv6 at the same time (preferring IPv6), thus minimizing IPv6 brokenness and DNS allowlisting experienced by users that have imperfect IPv6 connections or setups.
In information technology, header refers to supplemental data placed at the beginning of a block of data being stored or transmitted.
See IPv6 and Header (computing)
Hexadecimal
In mathematics and computing, the hexadecimal (also base-16 or simply hex) numeral system is a positional numeral system that represents numbers using a radix (base) of sixteen.
Hextet
In computing, a hextet, or a chomp, is a sixteen-bit aggregation, or four nibbles.
See IPv6 and Hextet
Hostname
In computer networking, a hostname (archaically nodename) is a label that is assigned to a device connected to a computer network and that is used to identify the device in various forms of electronic communication, such as the World Wide Web.
ICMPv6
Internet Control Message Protocol version 6 (ICMPv6) is the implementation of the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). IPv6 and ICMPv6 are internet layer protocols and network layer protocols.
See IPv6 and ICMPv6
Imperial College London
Imperial College London (Imperial) is a public research university in London, England.
See IPv6 and Imperial College London
Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a standards organization that oversees global IP address allocation, autonomous system number allocation, root zone management in the Domain Name System (DNS), media types, and other Internet Protocol–related symbols and Internet numbers.
See IPv6 and Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Internet backbone
The Internet backbone is the principal data routes between large, strategically interconnected computer networks and core routers of the Internet.
See IPv6 and Internet backbone
Internet checksum
The Internet checksum, also called the IPv4 header checksum is a checksum used in version 4 of the Internet Protocol (IPv4) to detect corruption in the header of IPv4 packets.
See IPv6 and Internet checksum
Internet Engineering Task Force
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a standards organization for the Internet and is responsible for the technical standards that make up the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP).
See IPv6 and Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet exchange point
Internet exchange points (IXes or IXPs) are common grounds of IP networking, allowing participant Internet service providers (ISPs) to exchange data destined for their respective networks.
See IPv6 and Internet exchange point
Internet Key Exchange
In computing, Internet Key Exchange (IKE, versioned as IKEv1 and IKEv2) is the protocol used to set up a security association (SA) in the IPsec protocol suite.
See IPv6 and Internet Key Exchange
Internet layer
The internet layer is a group of internetworking methods, protocols, and specifications in the Internet protocol suite that are used to transport network packets from the originating host across network boundaries; if necessary, to the destination host specified by an IP address. IPv6 and internet layer are internet layer protocols and network layer protocols.
Internet Protocol
The Internet Protocol (IP) is the network layer communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying datagrams across network boundaries. IPv6 and Internet Protocol are internet layer protocols and network layer protocols.
See IPv6 and Internet Protocol
Internet service provider
An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides myriad services related to accessing, using, managing, or participating in the Internet.
See IPv6 and Internet service provider
Internet Society
The Internet Society (ISOC) is an American nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1992 with local chapters around the world.
Internet Standard
In computer network engineering, an Internet Standard is a normative specification of a technology or methodology applicable to the Internet.
See IPv6 and Internet Standard
Internet Stream Protocol
The Internet Stream Protocol (ST) is a family of experimental protocols first defined in Internet Experiment Note IEN-119 in 1979, and later substantially revised in RFC 1190 (ST-II) and RFC 1819 (ST2+).
See IPv6 and Internet Stream Protocol
Internetworking
Internetworking is the practice of interconnecting multiple computer networks, such that any pair of hosts in the connected networks can exchange messages irrespective of their hardware-level networking technology.
Internode (ISP)
Internode Pty Ltd is an Australian Internet service provider (ISP) that provides NBN broadband services, business-class broadband access, web hosting, co-location, Voice over IP, and a variety of related services.
Interoperability
Interoperability is a characteristic of a product or system to work with other products or systems.
IP address
An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label such as that is assigned to a device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.
IP fragmentation
An example of the fragmentation of a protocol data unit in a given layer into smaller fragments. IP fragmentation is an Internet Protocol (IP) process that breaks packets into smaller pieces (fragments), so that the resulting pieces can pass through a link with a smaller maximum transmission unit (MTU) than the original packet size.
IPsec
In computing, Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a secure network protocol suite that authenticates and encrypts packets of data to provide secure encrypted communication between two computers over an Internet Protocol network. IPv6 and IPsec are internet layer protocols and network layer protocols.
See IPv6 and IPsec
IPv4
Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) is the first version of the Internet Protocol (IP) as a standalone specification. IPv6 and IPv4 are internet layer protocols and network layer protocols.
See IPv6 and IPv4
IPv4 address exhaustion
IPv4 address exhaustion is the depletion of the pool of unallocated IPv4 addresses.
See IPv6 and IPv4 address exhaustion
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol (IP), the communications protocol that provides an identification and location system for computers on networks and routes traffic across the Internet. IPv6 and IPv6 are internet layer protocols, internet properties established in 1996 and network layer protocols.
See IPv6 and IPv6
IPv6 address
An Internet Protocol version 6 address (IPv6 address) is a numeric label that is used to identify and locate a network interface of a computer or a network node participating in a computer network using IPv6.
IPv6 packet
An IPv6 packet is the smallest message entity exchanged using Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
IPv6 transition mechanism
An IPv6 transition mechanism is a technology that facilitates the transitioning of the Internet from the Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) infrastructure in use since 1983 to the successor addressing and routing system of Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6).
See IPv6 and IPv6 transition mechanism
J Allard
J Allard (born James Allard, on January 12, 1969 in Glens Falls, New York) is an American businessman.
John Curran (businessman)
John Curran (born May 7, 1964) is an early Internet executive, and since 2009, the current president and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN).
See IPv6 and John Curran (businessman)
Jumbogram
In packet-switched computer networks, a jumbogram (portmanteau of jumbo and datagram) is an internet-layer packet exceeding the standard maximum transmission unit (MTU) of the underlying network technology.
LACNIC
LACNIC (Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre) is the regional Internet registry for the Latin American and Caribbean regions.
See IPv6 and LACNIC
Leading zero
A leading zero is any 0 digit that comes before the first nonzero digit in a number string in positional notation.
Link layer
In computer networking, the link layer is the lowest layer in the Internet protocol suite, the networking architecture of the Internet.
Link-local address
In computer networking, a link-local address is a network address that is valid only for communications on a local link, i.e. within a subnetwork that a host is connected to.
See IPv6 and Link-local address
Linux kernel
The Linux kernel is a free and open source, UNIX-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide.
List of DNS record types
This list of DNS record types is an overview of resource records (RRs) permissible in zone files of the Domain Name System (DNS).
See IPv6 and List of DNS record types
Lixia Zhang
Lixia Zhang is the Jonathan B. Postel Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Local area network
A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building.
See IPv6 and Local area network
MAC address
A MAC address (short for media access control address) is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller (NIC) for use as a network address in communications within a network segment.
Maximum transmission unit
In computer networking, the maximum transmission unit (MTU) is the size of the largest protocol data unit (PDU) that can be communicated in a single network layer transaction.
See IPv6 and Maximum transmission unit
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.
See IPv6 and Microsoft Windows
Middle East
The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
Mobile IP
Mobile IP (or MIP) is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard communications protocol that is designed to allow mobile device users to move from one network to another while maintaining a permanent IP address. IPv6 and mobile IP are network layer protocols.
Montevideo
Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay.
Multicast
In computer networking, multicast is a type of group communication where data transmission is addressed to a group of destination computers simultaneously.
Names of large numbers
Two naming scales for large numbers have been used in English and other European languages since the early modern era: the long and short scales.
See IPv6 and Names of large numbers
NAT64
NAT64 is an IPv6 transition mechanism that facilitates communication between IPv6 and IPv4 hosts by using a form of network address translation (NAT).
See IPv6 and NAT64
Neighbor Discovery Protocol
The Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP), or simply Neighbor Discovery (ND), is a protocol of the Internet protocol suite used with Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6).
See IPv6 and Neighbor Discovery Protocol
NetBSD
NetBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
See IPv6 and NetBSD
Network address translation
Network address translation (NAT) is a method of mapping an IP address space into another by modifying network address information in the IP header of packets while they are in transit across a traffic routing device. IPv6 and network address translation are network layer protocols.
See IPv6 and Network address translation
Network delay
Network delay is a design and performance characteristic of a telecommunications network.
Network layer
In the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking, the network layer is layer 3.
Network packet
In telecommunications and computer networking, a network packet is a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-switched network.
Network Time Protocol
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a networking protocol for clock synchronization between computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks.
See IPv6 and Network Time Protocol
Networking hardware
Networking hardware, also known as network equipment or computer networking devices, are electronic devices that are required for communication and interaction between devices on a computer network.
See IPv6 and Networking hardware
Nibble
In computing, a nibble (occasionally nybble, nyble, or nybl to match the spelling of byte) is a four-bit aggregation, or half an octet.
See IPv6 and Nibble
O'Reilly Media, Inc. (formerly O'Reilly & Associates) is an American learning company established by Tim O'Reilly provides technical and professional skills development courses via an online learning platform.
OCCAID
The Open Contributors Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (OCCAID) was a non-profit consortium that operated one of the largest IPv6 research networks in the world.
See IPv6 and OCCAID
Octet (computing)
The octet is a unit of digital information in computing and telecommunications that consists of eight bits.
See IPv6 and Octet (computing)
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a security-focused, free and open-source, Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
See IPv6 and OpenBSD
Operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
Packet switching
In telecommunications, packet switching is a method of grouping data into short messages in fixed format, i.e. packets, that are transmitted over a digital network.
Particle physics
Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation.
Path MTU Discovery
Path MTU Discovery (PMTUD) is a standardized technique in computer networking for determining the maximum transmission unit (MTU) size on the network path between two Internet Protocol (IP) hosts, usually with the goal of avoiding IP fragmentation.
See IPv6 and Path MTU Discovery
Payload (computing)
In computing and telecommunications, the payload is the part of transmitted data that is the actual intended message.
See IPv6 and Payload (computing)
Physical layer
In the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking, the physical layer or layer 1 is the first and lowest layer: the layer most closely associated with the physical connection between devices.
Regional Internet registry
A regional Internet registry (RIR) is an organization that manages the allocation and registration of Internet number resources within a region of the world.
See IPv6 and Regional Internet registry
A Request for Comments (RFC) is a publication in a series from the principal technical development and standards-setting bodies for the Internet, most prominently the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
See IPv6 and Request for Comments
Reserved IP addresses
In the Internet addressing architecture, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) have reserved various Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for special purposes.
See IPv6 and Reserved IP addresses
Reverse DNS lookup
In computer networks, a reverse DNS lookup or reverse DNS resolution (rDNS) is the querying technique of the Domain Name System (DNS) to determine the domain name associated with an IP address – the reverse of the usual "forward" DNS lookup of an IP address from a domain name.
See IPv6 and Reverse DNS lookup
RIPE NCC
RIPE NCC (Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre) is the regional Internet registry (RIR) for Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia.
Router (computing)
A router is a computer and networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks, including internetworks such as the global Internet.
See IPv6 and Router (computing)
Routing protocol
A routing protocol specifies how routers communicate with each other to distribute information that enables them to select paths between nodes on a computer network.
Routing table
In computer networking, a routing table, or routing information base (RIB), is a data table stored in a router or a network host that lists the routes to particular network destinations, and in some cases, metrics (distances) associated with those routes.
Scott Bradner
Scott Bradner is a senior figure in the area of Internet governance.
Seattle Internet Exchange
The Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) is an Internet exchange point in Seattle, USA.
See IPv6 and Seattle Internet Exchange
Silvia Hagen
Silvia Hagen is an author who has published for O'Reilly Media on such topics as Internet Protocol version 6 in a book titled "IPv6 Essentials".
Sky UK
Sky UK Limited, trading as Sky is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television, internet, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom.
See IPv6 and Sky UK
Springer Nature
Springer Nature or the Springer Nature Group is a German-British academic publishing company created by the May 2015 merger of Springer Science+Business Media and Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, and Macmillan Education.
StarHub TV
Star Hub TV is a pay television service provided by StarHub in Singapore.
Steve Deering
Stephen Deering is a former Fellow at Cisco Systems, where he worked on the development and standardization of architectural enhancements to the Internet Protocol.
Steven M. Bellovin
Steven M. Bellovin is a researcher on computer networking and security who has been a professor in the computer science department at Columbia University since 2005.
See IPv6 and Steven M. Bellovin
Subnet
A subnetwork, or subnet, is a logical subdivision of an IP network.
See IPv6 and Subnet
Supernetwork
A supernetwork, or supernet, is an Internet Protocol (IP) network that is formed by aggregation of multiple networks (or subnets) into a larger network.
Swisscom
Swisscom AG is a major telecommunications provider in Switzerland.
T-Mobile (brand)
T-Mobile is the brand name used by some of the mobile communications subsidiaries of the German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom AG in the Czech Republic (T-Mobile Czech Republic), Poland (T-Mobile Polska) and the United States (T-Mobile US).
Telefónica
, S.A. is a Spanish multinational telecommunications company with registered office and headquarters located in two different places, both in Madrid, Spain.
Telenet
Telenet was an American commercial packet-switched network which went into service in 1975.
See IPv6 and Telenet
Teredo tunneling
In computer networking, Teredo is a transition technology that gives full IPv6 connectivity for IPv6-capable hosts that are on the IPv4 Internet but have no native connection to an IPv6 network.
Time to live
Time to live (TTL) or hop limit is a mechanism which limits the lifespan or lifetime of data in a computer or network.
Transmission Control Protocol
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of the main protocols of the Internet protocol suite.
See IPv6 and Transmission Control Protocol
Transport layer
In computer networking, the transport layer is a conceptual division of methods in the layered architecture of protocols in the network stack in the Internet protocol suite and the OSI model.
Triangular routing
Triangular routing is a method for transmitting packets of data in communications networks.
See IPv6 and Triangular routing
Unicast
Unicast is data transmission from a single sender (red) to a single receiver (green). Other devices on the network (yellow) do not participate in the communication. In computer networking, unicast is a one-to-one transmission from one point in the network to another point; that is, one sender and one receiver, each identified by a network address.
See IPv6 and Unicast
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.
See IPv6 and United States Department of Defense
University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) is an independent test facility that provides interoperability and standards conformance testing for networking, telecommunications, data storage, and consumer technology products.
See IPv6 and University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory
User Datagram Protocol
In computer networking, the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is one of the core communication protocols of the Internet protocol suite used to send messages (transported as datagrams in packets) to other hosts on an Internet Protocol (IP) network.
See IPv6 and User Datagram Protocol
Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc., is an American telecommunications company headquartered in New York City.
See IPv6 and Verizon
Verizon (mobile network)
Verizon is an American wireless network operator that previously operated as a separate division of Verizon Communications under the name Verizon Wireless.
See IPv6 and Verizon (mobile network)
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech (VT), officially the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI), is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Vodafone Deutschland
Vodafone Deutschland GmbH is the largest cable television operator in Germany.
See IPv6 and Vodafone Deutschland
Voice over IP
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), also called IP telephony, is a method and group of technologies for voice calls for the delivery of voice communication sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet.
VOO
VOO (/vuː/) is the commercial name of the Belgian cable company created by the Economic Interest Group (EIG) of Brutélé GIE in (Brussels Region and Charleroi Region) and Association Liégeoise d'Electricité (A.L.E.- Télédis), but came to be controlled by Nethys SA and Brutélé SCRL until 2023.
See IPv6 and VOO
Web server
A web server is computer software and underlying hardware that accepts requests via HTTP (the network protocol created to distribute web content) or its secure variant HTTPS.
Windows 7
Windows 7 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft.
Windows XP
Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system.
Word (computer architecture)
In computing, a word is the natural unit of data used by a particular processor design.
See IPv6 and Word (computer architecture)
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is an information system that enables content sharing over the Internet through user-friendly ways meant to appeal to users beyond IT specialists and hobbyists.
Xfinity
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, doing business as Xfinity, is an American telecommunications business segment and division of the Comcast Corporation.
See IPv6 and Xfinity
XS4ALL
XS4ALL was an Internet service provider (ISP) in the Netherlands.
See IPv6 and XS4ALL
ZDNET
ZDNET is a business technology news website owned and operated by Red Ventures.
See IPv6 and ZDNET
.arpa
The domain name arpa is a top-level domain (TLD) in the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet.
See IPv6 and .arpa
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and officially branded as Beijing 2008, were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China.
See IPv6 and 2008 Summer Olympics
3G
3G is the third generation of wireless mobile telecommunications technology.
See IPv6 and 3G
4G
4G is the fourth generation of broadband cellular network technology, succeeding 3G and preceding 5G.
See IPv6 and 4G
6to4
6to4 is an Internet transition mechanism for migrating from Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) to version 6 (IPv6) and a system that allows IPv6 packets to be transmitted over an IPv4 network (generally the IPv4 Internet) without the need to configure explicit tunnels.
See IPv6 and 6to4
See also
Internet layer protocols
- Anti-replay
- Gateway-to-Gateway Protocol
- ICMPv6
- IPsec
- IPv4
- IPv6
- Identifier-Locator Network Protocol
- Internet Control Message Protocol
- Internet Group Management Protocol
- Internet Group Management Protocol with Access Control
- Internet Protocol
- Internet layer
- Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol
- New IP
- SCION (Internet architecture)
- Seamoby
- Static Context Header Compression
- SwIPe (protocol)
Network layer protocols
- Anti-replay
- Connection-Oriented Network Service
- Connectionless-mode Network Service
- Datagram Delivery Protocol
- ICMPv6
- IEEE 802.1aq
- IPsec
- IPv4
- IPv6
- Identifier-Locator Network Protocol
- Internet Control Message Protocol
- Internet Group Management Protocol
- Internet Group Management Protocol with Access Control
- Internet Protocol
- Internet layer
- Internetwork Packet Exchange
- JenNet-IP
- MacIP
- Mobile IP
- Multicast Listener Discovery
- Named data networking
- Network address translation
- Network socket
- Routing
- SCION (Internet architecture)
- X.121
- X.25
- X.75
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
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