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There is basically one way to write hexadecimal numbers. Of course, the numbers represent information, and this information can be represented in may other ways; some of them are in binary (4 binary digits for each hexadecimal digit), in decimal, or each byte as as decimal number (as in the dotted decimal notation used for IP version 4 numbers).
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240.185.8.103
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dotted decimal notation
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Dotted decimal notation
Dotted Decimal
Dotted-decimal notation
The term "slash notation" refers to the way a processor reads an IP address. The "Watchguard" website gives a table showing the most common network masks and their equivalent in slash notation.
127.0.0.1
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