CIDR in one sentence
The number after the slash says how many bits from the front define the network, the rest are the addresses in it. /24 in IPv4 is 256 addresses (254 usable), /64 in IPv6 is 18 quintillion, the usual network for a single device or server.
In IPv4 the first address (network) and the last (broadcast) are not usable, except for /31 and /32. IPv6 has no broadcast.