Assertion: ip address | /r/HasProperty | hierarchical
Facets:
value: in nature
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: I understand that IP addresses are hierarchical, so that routers throughout the internet know which direction to forward a packet.
text: IP Addresses are hierarchical in nature - that is to say, one part of the IP address will specify broadly in which region of the network the destination can be found, with subsequent parts of the address providing more specific information about the location of the target device within that region.