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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
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Of vs for

IP addresses are displayed in dotted decimal notation, and appear as four numbers separated by dots. Each number of an IP address is made from eight individual bits known as octet. Each octet can create number value from 0 to 255

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Please explain to me the use of preposition "of" in "each number of an IP address is...". If we use "for", would it be ungrammatical and how it would change the meaning?

  

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Jigneshbharati Please explain to me the use of preposition "of" in "each number of an IP address is... 'possession': each IP address's number Jigneshbharati If we use "for", would it be ungrammatical No. Jigneshbharati and how it would change the meaning?

  • Jigneshbharati Please explain to me the use of preposition "of" in "each number of an IP address is...
  • 'possession': each IP address's number Jigneshbharati If we use "for", would it be ungrammatical No.
  • Jigneshbharati and how it would change the meaning?
  • It would not change the meaning.
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JigneshbharatiPlease explain to me the use of preposition "of" in "each number of an IP address is...

'possession': each IP address's number

JigneshbharatiIf we use "for", would it be ungrammatical

No.

Jigneshbharatiand how it would change the meaning?

It would not

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