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Louai Modawi
by Louai Modawi , Senior Support Service management , du

If you understand that computers in the same network are people of bunch of friends then the IP addresses are the nickname that they call each other with.

These nickname are incoded in the own language in this case ZEROs and ONEs

 

bayt m
by bayt m , testing , greentech

Ip means internet protocol.If we want to communicate two or more system we need a ip address. Each system has unique ip address. ip address consists of4 bytes seperated by dots. Your IP address is assigned by an ISP or by yourself.Here's an example of what an IP address might look like:192.168.1.1 .Two types of ip address we are using:1)Internal ip address2)External ip addressIf you want to check your internal ip address on Windows  use the following methods:1)start->Run->cmd->type ipconfig2)If you want to check your External ip address you can visit this site Ip-details.comHere you can search ip,IP Location,Country,Latitude and Longitude details and etc.

Jose Mari Alcantara
by Jose Mari Alcantara , Technical Support Senior Analyst , OmniQuest, Inc.

In layman's term:

This is a unique identification of a machine into the network it is in.

 

In Technical's Term:

It is a numerical label assigned to each device participating in a computer network for communication.

Saqib Mehmood
by Saqib Mehmood , Technical Team Lead/Safety Supervisor , Xchange Technology Group

IP Stands for Internet Protocol a unique ID of a machine over the network

mohammed akram
by mohammed akram , Network Enginee , Digital Oasis Information Technology company

Ip address is like our phone no or else our id no . It is unique . It is4 octate no , each octace having its own spacific no denoted by host and network portion .

10.0.0.0  like10 is the network portion for class a where as0.0.0 is host portion

IP address is classfied in group

class a1  -  126

class b128  -191

class c192 -224

and127 is reserved for loopback or selftest

class d and f are for the future research and multicasting

هاشم المشارقة
by هاشم المشارقة , Key Account Manager , Advanced United Systems Ltd. ( A member of Taj Holding Group)

IP stand on "Internet Protocol"

it same as P.O. Box number

 

if you want send a message for any one you sholud know his address or his P.O.Box or his IP address.

if i want visit your home you should tell me the address of your home.

 

IPv4 is32Bit long divided into4 octet each take value from0 to255 like this

36.78.1.55

this is not my IP address :)

don't try hack it :)

Abdullah Ibrahim
by Abdullah Ibrahim , IT Specialist , Warba Insurance company

IP its like your home address let others to know where you living to deliver something or contact you, in computer other device connected in network IP will be given to let other device know where your in the  network and contact with your computer  or device by sending data or receiveng data. Its special number given to your device by DHCP

Tariq Ali
by Tariq Ali , Deputy Manager IT , Kohat Cement Company Limited

AN IP address is a number combination assign to a  computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination.

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