subnet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of subnet
Example Sentences
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There are many resources available on networking that explain home subnets in depth, but simply put, a subnet is a set of addresses that a device can communicate with, without any help from a router.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2020
The two of you are probably connecting to Facebook from the same IP subnet, or else using Facebook on your cellphones from near-overlapping geocodes.
From Slate • Oct. 23, 2015
It scans packets and all of the traffic on the subnet.
From Forbes • Jun. 27, 2011
Before you start installing anything, make sure you have the following information handy: your broadband connection's IP address, subnet mask, default gateway and DNS IP addresses.
From Time Magazine Archive
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For example, all Internet addresses at Colorado State have a network number of 129.82, a subnet number in the range of 1-254, and a host number in the range of 1-254.
From Zen and the Art of the Internet by Kehoe, Brendan P.
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