IP address

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.

IP address

noun

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

IP address

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.

Example Sentences

There was, however, one crucial trace - at one point the scammer demanded Evan's Facebook login, and when they used this, they left behind an IP address.

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With Meta and Snapchat unable to release the data, all hopes of finding Evan's scammer relied on GloWorld, a Nigerian service provider that the IP address linked to.

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Virtual private networks connect users to websites using a remote server and conceal their actual IP address and location, meaning they can circumvent blocks on particular sites or content.

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With the help of police, Perkins and her team identified that the post was created by someone at the same IP address as the student who had reported the threat.

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The account was in the name of Jamie_jones6968 who claimed to be a schoolboy in England, but the IP address of the account which sent the messages was traced to Clark.

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