In CIDR, there is no such concept as "number of subnets created" right ? As CIDR subnetting seems to be based on allocating a range of IP addresses instead.
Naa, CIDR notation is just a way if showing the subnet mask on a particular subnet. Some people often call it variable length subnet masking where you use a subnet mask that is different from the default.
For example for a class C address like 192.168.1.0 I can use CIDR or VLSM to subnet it further into two different networks of 126 hosts each rather than having the default 254 hosts.
For example :
Classful (Default) - 192.168.1.0/24
Classless (VLSM/CIDR) - 192.168.1.128/25
It's still subnetting, just a fancy name as far as I am aware
Hope this helps,
Josh :)
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