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dotted decimals

dotted decimals is the plural of dotted decimal.

Meaning of dotted decimal

Noun

dotted decimal (countable and uncountable, plural dotted decimals)

  1. (Internet) A method of writing IP addresses where the value of each byte is given as a decimal number, and each byte separated by a dot.
    • 127.0.0.1 is the dotted decimal representation of the binary value 01111111000000000000000000000001, which is the address your computer uses to refer to itself.

Questions about dotted decimals

What is dotted decimals the plural of?
Dotted decimals is the plural of dotted decimal.

Words near dotted decimals in the dictionary

  1. dotted
  2. dotted and carried
  3. dotted bar line
  4. dotted bar lines
  5. dotted decimal
  6. dotted decimals
  7. dotted down
  8. dotted gizzard shad
  9. dotted line
  10. dotted lines
  11. dotted note

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