IP address
nounEtymology Short for Internet Protocol address.
1
Internet A number assigned to each computer's or other device's network interface, which are active on a network. supporting the Internet Protocol, in order to distinguish each network interface, and hence each networked device) from every other network interface anywhere on the network.
- Synonyms
- IP number
- Related terms
- internet, Internet Protocol, IP, dynamic IP address, static IP address, OSI, ping