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The shortest compressed format of the ipv6 address 2001:0db8:0000:1470:0000:0000:0000:0200 is

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The answer is : 2001:DB80:1470::200

A double colon ( :: ) can replace any single, contiguous string of one or more 16-bit segments (hextets) which is consist of all 0s, and it can only be used once per IPv6 address. Therefore,any leading 0s (zeros) in any 16-bit section or hextet can be omitted.

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