IP address

American  

noun

Computers.

1. a code that identifies a computer network or a particular computer or other device on a network, consisting of four numbers separated by periods.

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IP address British  

noun

1. computing internet protocol address: the numeric code that identifies all computers that are connected to the internet

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IP address Scientific  

1. The numerical sequence that serves as an identifier for an Internet server. An IP address appears as a series of four groups of numbers separated by dots. The first group is a number between 1 and 255 and the other groups are a number between 0 and 255, such as 192.135.174.1. Every server has its own unique address.

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Example Sentences

The agent determined that the host computer had software with the username “astro99999” and an IP address linked to McClain’s home address in Menifee.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

MediaStreamer is a Smart DNS service that changes your DNS server to stream foreign libraries; it does not encrypt your traffic or change your IP address.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

SEOUL—On a California-based company’s internal directory, he was just another face in the grid of remote workers—a prolific software developer with a polished LinkedIn profile and an IP address tracing back to the Midwest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Moltbot users on social media, including one who said they were a Cloudflare developer, urged each other to set up Cloudflare Tunnel, which connects local resources to Cloudflare without a publicly routable IP address.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

I always paid in cash, so my machine ID was as untraceable as my IP address, which was changing all the time.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin