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(libc.info)Host Addresses

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Host Addresses
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   Each computer on the Internet has one or more "Internet addresses",
numbers which identify that computer among all those on the Internet.
Users typically write IPv4 numeric host addresses as sequences of four
numbers, separated by periods, as in `128.52.46.32', and IPv6 numeric
host addresses as sequences of up to eight numbers separated by colons,
as in `5f03:1200:836f:c100::1'.

   Each computer also has one or more "host names", which are strings
of words separated by periods, as in `mescaline.gnu.org'.

   Programs that let the user specify a host typically accept both
numeric addresses and host names.  To open a connection a program needs
a numeric address, and so must convert a host name to the numeric
address it stands for.

Abstract Host Addresses

What a host number consists of.

Data type

Host Address Data Type. Data type for a host number.

Functions

Host Address Functions. Functions to operate on them.

Names

Host Names. Translating host names to host numbers.