Classless Inter-Domain Routing

Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) is a way of allocating IP addresses and routing Internet Protocol packets.

Typically CIDR is written like 10.0.0.0/8 or 192.168.1.0/24.

Classless Inter-Domain Routing Media

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An IP address broken down by its CIDR prefixes.

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