The Colon Quinoctogesimal 1924 Intelligent Addressing (abbreviated as ‘Quinoc’) system & algorithm was developed by accident (as many new ideas are), it was created to overcome a problem encountered during the development of AlS. A communications infrastructure built to AlS specifications has much more capability and flexibility than any other networking infrastructure available today; this includes new abilities for access devices. In the process of developing the protocol, a problem was encountered; How to address a multi-port access device built to function in an AlS infrastructure? No network addressing method available today could solve the problem, so… We created a new one.

Quinoc addressing was created for AlS; this however, does not limit it to only functioning in an AlS environment. Quinoc addressing has many capabilities that will be useful in any communications infrastructure, and was developed to function in any communications environment without restriction.

Below is an insert from the Quinoc Whitepaper. It should be enough to answer the question:

What is Colon Quinoctogesimal 1924 Intelligent Addressing?   

The Colon Quinoctogesimal 1924 Intelligent Addressing (abbreviated as ‘Quinoc’) system and algorithm is unique in that it is more that just a simple method of numbering devices on a network. It is truly intelligent, and extremely flexible. Quinoc addressing has many benefits: 

1. Unrestricted device connectivity:
   Access devices can support an unlimited number of ports while maintaining one hardware (MAC) address.
   
   Devices, including access devices, can manage multiple connections to multiple devices while still maintaining one address.
   
   This addressing system/algorithm supports an unlimited number of addresses.  
   
   
2. Simplified access devices:  
   This addressing system can remove intelligence from access devices and place it in the core, where it belongs. This lowers the complexity, and cost of access devices.  
   
   
3. Improved network management:
   Each calculated address contains all connectivity and related configuration information about the addressed device.  
   
   This addressing method improves fault management by allowing the network infrastructure itself to  monitor and report real-time faults in connectivity and associated hardware simply by exchanging device addresses. No additional complex protocols, software, infrastructure, or personnel are required.  
   
   Mapping of entire network topology, and monitoring of changes in real-time. This is accomplished simply by exchanging addresses. No additional complex protocols, additional software, infrastructure,  or personnel are required.  
   
   The Quinoc algorithm has the ability to allow mapping of every connection in an unknown infrastructure from a single device address. This is accomplished simply by using information extracted from one address to obtain other  addresses. Those other addresses are decoded and the process begins again. No additional complex protocols, additional software, infrastructure, or personnel are required.  
   
   This addressing system allows addressing of individual sub-elements, port cards, or parts of a device.  
   
   This addressing system also allows new flexibility in identifying groups of networks. This is accomplished by assigning an ‘Expanse’ number to groups of networks.  
    
4. Address compression:  
   Large addresses may be compressed by base conversion for easier management of large numbers of addresses.  
   
   
5. IP Version 6 compatibility:  
   Compressed addresses are compliant with RFC 1924.

Colon: The device addresses begin with, sections are delimited by, and the address ends with colons.

Quinoctogesimal: This algorithm delivers compressed numerical addresses via base 85 numbering. Quinoctoginta is the Latin (which our numerical system is based on) number for 85.

1924: The symbol set or ‘alphabet’ for the base 85 numbering system is compliant with Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments (RFC) 1924 :) . This symbol set was chosen so compressed addresses resulting from the Quinoc algorithm will have base compatibility with Internet Protocol (IP) Version 6 addresses compliant with the same RFC.  

Intelligent Addressing: This addressing system is not just a way to apply random numbers to devices because we have to. Quinoc addressing is truly intelligent in the information contained in the addresses, and to what can be accomplished with that information.