<numeric-address>

Sealed abstract primary class

Superclasses: <object>

The class of objects representing the numeric form of an Internet addresses.

Currently only ipv4 (32-bit) addresses are supported. Ipv6 addresses will be added when they are supported by Winsock2. In general <numeric-address> objects are accessed using the functions host-order or network-order, depending on the context in which they are employed.

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System and I/O Reference - 31 MAR 2000