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<productname>PostgreSQL</> offers data types to store IPv4, IPv6, and MAC
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addresses, as shown in <xref linkend="datatype-net-types-table">. It
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is better to use these types instead of plain text types to store
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these types offer input error checking and specialized
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operators and functions (see <xref linkend="functions-net">).