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

Seizing on attractive IP new and old, the plan is to help launch others and get more people reading and in more ways.

From BBC

Dedicated IP addresses are also available as an add-on if you need a consistent IP for accessing work networks or avoiding CAPTCHAs.

From Salon

“Key remaining question is if CSI Solar has any control over operations, IP, or board oversight of US factories,” he wrote in a note last week.

From Barron's

Spending $72 billion to become a vertically integrated content mill for degrading the world’s best IP?

From The Wall Street Journal

Together they hold the IP, data and capital required to compete in the next phase of global entertainment, in which digital and physical experiences reinforce each other.

From The Wall Street Journal