Is the IP address 172.16.0.255/12 a Broadcast Address or Not?

[Shonen]

Hi everyone,

I got a question, if took the network 172.16.0.0/12 like a entire network, the broadcast address for that network would be 172.31.255.255, right?

So, in this case, what kind a address would be the IP 172.16.0.255 under the mask /12? Is a broadcast address? Is just another IP assignable? Or is always needled the network 172.16.0.0/12 have to be subneted?

That's is my question, greetings.

[MHM Cisco World · Accepted solution]

the 172.31.255.255 is broadcast for 172.16.0.0/12

the 172.16.0.255 is host IP within this subnet 

[Shonen]

Thank you very much, I supposed that would be the answer, but still had my doubts, for any reason.