IP

American  

1. Intellectual Property.

2. Internet Protocol: a communications protocol for computers connected to a network, especially the internet, specifying the format for addresses and units of transmitted data.

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IP British  

abbreviation

1. internet protocol: a code used to label packets of data sent across the internet, identifying both the sending and the receiving computers

2. law intellectual property

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IP Scientific  

1. Short for Internet Protocol. A protocol that specifies the way data is broken into packets and the way those packets are addressed for transmission.

2. See more at TCP/IP

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Example Sentences

“Silicon Labs’ leading embedded wireless connectivity portfolio enhances our technology and IP, enabling greater scale and allowing us to better serve our customers,” Texas Instruments Chief Executive Haviv Ilan said.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Silicon Labs’ leading embedded wireless connectivity portfolio enhances our technology and IP, enabling greater scale and allowing us to better serve our customers,” Texas Instruments CEO Haviv Ilan said in a statement.

From Barron's

“IP is at the center” — that’s short for intellectual property — “and then they can go execute across all the verticals, whether it’s experiential, merchandise, licensing, films, music, all of it.”

From Los Angeles Times

Separately, IP posted a wider fourth-quarter loss as higher costs and an asset impairment charge weighed.

From The Wall Street Journal

The rise of Moltbot, an open-source AI bot, is encouraging users to set up Cloudflare Tunnel for security, connecting local resources without a public IP.

From Barron's