On Tuesday, June 29, 2004, 09:31:04, R. Scott Perry wrote:
>    ... (the number after the "/" indicates the number of
> insignificant bits in a netmask, not part of the actual IP).

I would disagree with the categorization of 'insignificant'.

I'd  describe  it  as  the network prefix. The number of consecutive one
bits  defining  the  network  identifying portion of the IP address (the
remainder identifying the host identifying portion).

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