4 bits (one hex digit) is a nibble. I'm surprised the entire IPv6 community hasn't adopted this.
Having a term like this is important especially when considering reverse lookups: $ host 2607:f2f8:a9c0::2 2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.c.9.a.8.f.2.f.7.0.6.2.ip6.arpa domain name pointer jughandle.whatexit.org. Tom On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Jeremy Charles <[email protected]> wrote: > Our network team’s google-fu is coming up empty. > > > > In IPv4: > > 216.165.132.0 > > ...the digits between a pair of dots are called an octet. > > > > In IPv6: > > 2620:0072:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 > > ...what do we call the digits between a pair of colons? > > > > > > Bonus points for citing an authoritative-seeming source. :-) > > > > > > ==== > > Jeremy Charles > > Epic’s Computer and Technology Services Division > > [email protected] > > > > Phone: 608-777-4944 Fax: 608-271-7237 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > -- http://EverythingSysadmin.com -- my blog (new posts Mon and Wed) http://www.TomOnTime.com -- my advice (more videos coming soon) _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
