ip

IP

(I' pE') n.

1. [Internetworking Protocol] an Internet networking protocol for transporting packets
between computers. The standard includes an addressing scheme that uses 32-bit numbers to identify computers.

2. intellectual property.

IP address

n.

a 32-bit number that identifies a computer or device on an IP network. IP addresses contain routing information that are used for some routing decisions for IP packets. An IP address is written as a sequence of four decimal integers connected by dots.