Definitions for "Dotted decimal notation"
n. The syntactical representation of an IP address. The 4 bytes of the address are written as four decimal numbers separated by periods (dots), for example, 9.37.83.123.
The syntactic representation for the 32-bit IP address consisting of four 8-bit numbers written in decimal with periods separating them. For example, 190.82.10.2.
A method of signifying IP addresses in which each set of eight bits is separated from the next eight bits by a period.