Trivia
2 posts
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A Field Guide to the Numbers that Show Up Everywhere
Why is it always 256? Why do ports stop at 65535? A look at the 'magic' numbers that define our digital world.
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Why is 127.0.0.1 the 'Loopback' Address?
Every developer knows 'localhost', but why did we pick the very last block of Class A addresses for it?