Netmask

nounid 3341·updated May 12, 2026

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32-bit number indicating the range of IP addresses residing on a single IP network/subnet/supernet. This specification displays network masks as hexadecimal numbers. For example, the network mask for a class C IP network is displayed as 0xffffff00. Such a mask is often displayed elsewhere in the literature as 255.255.255.0.

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Network0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

—85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Netmasks
possessive: Netmask's
pluralpossessive: Netmasks'

Framework definitions

1 sense across 1 framework

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →

§1: 32-bit number indicating the range of IP addresses residing on a single IP network/subnet/supernet. This specification displays network masks as hexadecimal numbers. For example, the network mask for a class C IP network is displayed as 0xffffff00. Such a mask is often displayed elsewhere in the literature as 255.255.255.0.

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