IP
nounEtymology Initialisms (see definitions).
17 senses
- 1Initialism of intellectual property.
- 2Initialism of Indigenous peoples.
- 3Initialism of interpositive.
- 4Initialism of innings pitched (“the statistic reporting…
- 5Initialism of immunoprecipitation.
- 6Initialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be…
- 7Initialism of instruction pointer (CPU register).
- 8Initialism of inflectional phrase.
- 9Initialism of incontinentia pigmenti.
- 10Initialism of instrument panel.
- 11Initialism of injured party.
- 12Initialism of initial permutation.
- 13Ellipsis of IP address.
- 14An unregistered user identified by their IP address.
- 15An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.
- 16Initialism of Irish pennant.
- 17Abbreviation of inpatient.
Law Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of intellectual property.
- In the past year, Disney has announced 4 sequels and one reboot, but not a single new IP
- You cannot just do whatever you want with someone else's IP!2025 November 12, Trey Parker, “Sora Not Sorry”, in South Park, season 28, episode 3, spoken by Japanese lawyer:
1 more example
- We’re in 2026 now, and the biggest crime an entertainment corporation can commit is letting an established IP die. […] Put simply, abandon the concept of Stranger Things ending. While there’s still money to be wrung from it, that won’t be allowed to happen.2026 January 5, Stuart Heritage, “In ending, Stranger Things committed TV’s ultimate crime”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Law Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of Indigenous peoples.
Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of interpositive.
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Abbreviation, Initialism, Invariable Initialism of innings pitched (“the statistic reporting the number of innings pitched by a pitcher”).
Biology, Natural sciences Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of immunoprecipitation.
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be added in a document).
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of instruction pointer (CPU register).
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of inflectional phrase.
Medicine, Sciences Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of incontinentia pigmenti.
Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of instrument panel.
Government, Law enforcement Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of injured party.
Computing, Cryptography, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Abbreviation, Initialism Initialism of initial permutation.
Internet, Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of IP address.
Internet, Metonymically An unregistered user identified by their IP address.
Wiki jargon; chiefly Wikimedia jargon; wiki jargon; chiefly Wikimedia jargon
- This IP made a disruptive edit!
Medicine, Sciences Abbreviation Abbreviation of inpatient.