"IP address" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: IP addresses [plural]
Etymology: Short for Internet Protocol address. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Internet Protocol}} Internet Protocol, {{m|en|address}} address Head templates: {{en-noun}} IP address (plural IP addresses)
  1. (Internet) A number assigned to each computer's or other device's network interface, which are active on a network. supporting the Internet Protocol, in order to distinguish each network interface, and hence each networked device) from every other network interface anywhere on the network. Wikipedia link: IP address Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet Synonyms: IP number Related terms: internet, Internet Protocol, IP, dynamic IP address, static IP address, OSI model, ping Translations (number assigned to each computer's network interface): عُنْوَان آي بِي (ʕunwān ʔay bī) [masculine] (Arabic), IP helbide (Basque), adreça IP (Catalan), IP地址 (āipì dìzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), IP位址 (āipì wèizhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), IP-adresse [common-gender] (Danish), IP-adres [neuter] (Dutch), IP-adreso (Esperanto), IP-adressa (Faroese), IP-osoite (Finnish), adresse IP [feminine] (French), enderezo IP [masculine] (Galician), IP-Adresse [feminine] (German), ιστοδιεύθυνση (istodiéfthynsi) [feminine] (Greek), διεύθυνση ΔΠ (diéfthynsi DP) [feminine] (Greek), διεύθυνση IP (diéfthynsi IP) [feminine] (Greek), आइपी ऍड्रैस (āipī ĕḍrais) (Hindi), IP-cím (Hungarian), IP-tala [feminine] (Icelandic), vistfang [neuter] (Icelandic), IP-númer [neuter] (Icelandic), IPアドレス (aipī-adoresu) (Japanese), アイピーアドレス (aipī-adoresu) (Japanese), IPアドレス (aipī-adoresu) (Japanese), IP 주소 (aipi juso) (Korean), endereço IP (Portuguese), adresă IP (Romanian), IP-а́дрес (IP-ádres) [masculine] (Russian), айпи́-а́дрес (ajpí-ádres) [masculine] (Russian), dirección IP [feminine] (Spanish), IP-adress [common-gender] (Swedish)

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      "sense": "number assigned to each computer's network interface",
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "number assigned to each computer's network interface",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "number assigned to each computer's network interface",
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