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I usually type math expressions into the Chrome omnibar to get some quick results. However typing 1000/4/30 attempts to load http://0.0.3.232/4/30. Why is that?

I can remedy it by appending ? to the expression (i.e ?1000/4/30).

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    This was written about on the [SU blog](http://blog.superuser.com/2012/10/15/increase-your-ping-fu/), see [LarsH's](http://superuser.com/a/486904/68111) or [Synetech's answer](http://superuser.com/questions/486788/why-does-pinging-192-168-072-only-2-dots-return-a-response-from-192-168-0-58/486936#486936). – Louis Waweru Apr 25 '13 at 02:50
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    See also [WTFriday: http://2915189091](http://blog.superuser.com/2012/02/10/wtfriday-http2915189091/) – Louis Waweru Apr 25 '13 at 02:56

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Chrome is interpreting 1000/4/30 as an IP address and a path to a resource. Here is the translation:

1000d = 1111101000b

So if you take that binary number and iterpret it as an IP address it becomes

00000000.00000000.00000011.11101000 = 0.0.3.232

And so Chrome thinks you're trying to access the host at the IP 0.0.3.232 and accessing the resource at path /4/30

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