IP address
a code that identifies a computer network or a particular computer or other device on a network, consisting of four numbers separated by periods.: See also IP
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How to use IP address in a sentence
Raff says the IP address of the server initially connected to the RAT was in Gaza, but it has since changed.
15-Year-Old Egyptian Cyber Activist Takes on Israel | Eli Lake | November 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI got a lawyer, and in August 2010, I filed a court order in the New York Supreme Court to get that IP address.
Busting a Cyberstalker: How Carla Franklin Fought Back—and Triumphed | Abigail Pesta | October 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI was told I would need a court order to get the IP address for the computer where these things were coming from.
Busting a Cyberstalker: How Carla Franklin Fought Back—and Triumphed | Abigail Pesta | October 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn early 2011, the Internet service provider alerted the owner of the IP address that I was seeking his street address.
Busting a Cyberstalker: How Carla Franklin Fought Back—and Triumphed | Abigail Pesta | October 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTUnless you work in IT, your best chance of having encountered an IP address has probably been setting up your home Wi-Fi network.
British Dictionary definitions for IP address
computing internet protocol address: the numeric code that identifies all computers that are connected to the internet
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Scientific definitions for IP address
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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