"Arul Kumar C" wrote:

> We usually call IP address representation format as dotquad (or
> dotted-
> quad) format. Do we have similar name for IPv6 format. Locally we
> used to refer it as colonoct (colon-octal). Just curious if there is
> any name used by the dev community.

In IPv6, it's hexadecimal representation, not octal. I don't know of any
catchy term to describe the format, though.

(RFC 4291)

Bert

On Jun 13, 8:12 pm, "Albert Manfredi"
wrote:
> "Arul Kumar C" wrote:
>
> > We usually call IP address representation format as dotquad (or
> > dotted-
> > quad) format. Do we have similar name for IPv6 format. Locally we
> > used to refer it as colonoct (colon-octal). Just curious if there is
> > any name used by the dev community.
>
> In IPv6, it's hexadecimal representation, not octal. I don't know of any
> catchy term to describe the format, though.

octal is for the eight pair of values seperated by colon.

>
> (RFC 4291)
>
> Bert

>
> octal is for the eight pair of values seperated by colon.
>

"octal" would be confused with base-8 numbering.
Cute-n-catchey names usually come from little-knowns.
I'm sure there'll be some little catch phrase to satisfy your need for
l33t-like diction.