Internet Protocol version 6/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Internet Protocol version 6.

The next-generation Internet Protocol, providing (among other benefits) a vastly increased address space (128bits), which should in turn provide the ability for an end-to-end Internet and allowing new models of communication to be developed.