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# An introduction to the ipaddress module Release 3.9.5 

## Contents 

Guido van Rossum and the Python development team 

Python Software Foundation Email: docs@python.org 

June 01, 2021 

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author Peter Moody 

author Nick Coghlan 

## Overview 

This document aims to provide a gentle introduction to the$_{ipaddress}$ module. It is aimed primarily at users that aren’t already familiar with IP networking terminology, but may also be useful to network engineers wanting an overview of how$_{ipaddress}$ represents IP network addressing concepts. 

