A dot address (sometimes known as a dotted quad address) refers to the notation that expresses the four-byte (32-bit) IP address as a sequence of four decimal numbers separated by dots. Each number represents the binary value of one of four bytes. Look at this Internet address, for example: 205.245.172.72.
In 1974, after many failed attempts, a paper published by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn, also known as âthe fathers of the Internet,â resulted in the protocol TCP (Transmission Control Protocol), which by 1978 would become TCP/IP (with the IP standing for Internet Protocol).
However, that network did not lead to the Internet we have today, Crovitz wrote. Crovitz contends it was Xerox that invented the Internet, though the company wasnât quite sure what it had. Xerox used its computer networks to share copiers, because that was the company's business, but thatâs where the idea stopped.