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

“You’re asking us to step on our client’s IP and essentially put our entire careers at risk.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The tool let people see if their IP addresses were on Synthient’s list.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

All of which makes it not the most obvious remake-friendly IP.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

“Augmented reality could end up looking a lot like the royalty layer in smartphones, where a small set of IP owners extract value from a much larger hardware ecosystem,” Boloor said.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 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