"IP in IP" meaning in English

See IP in IP in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: IP-in-IP [alternative]
Etymology: Contraction of IP in IP encapsulation used in rfc:2003, which specified the protocol. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} IP in IP (uncountable)
  1. (Internet) A protocol for sending IP packets over an existing IP network. Tags: Internet, uncountable Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-IP_in_IP-en-noun-mhot0D5V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "etymology_text": "Contraction of IP in IP encapsulation used in rfc:2003, which specified the protocol.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "IP-in-IP",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "IP in IP (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "en:Internet",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "IP in IP is an unusual mechanism: not only does it use two network layers, it uses the same protocol on both.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Although IP in IP incurs an overhead, as the size of the headers is doubled, it may allow you to create a connection between two hosts that would otherwise be blocked by a firewall.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A protocol for sending IP packets over an existing IP network."
      ],
      "id": "en-IP_in_IP-en-noun-mhot0D5V",
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "protocol",
          "protocol"
        ],
        [
          "IP",
          "Internet Protocol"
        ],
        [
          "packets",
          "packets"
        ],
        [
          "network",
          "network"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet) A protocol for sending IP packets over an existing IP network."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "IP in IP"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Contraction of IP in IP encapsulation used in rfc:2003, which specified the protocol.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "IP-in-IP",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "IP in IP (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Internet"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "IP in IP is an unusual mechanism: not only does it use two network layers, it uses the same protocol on both.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Although IP in IP incurs an overhead, as the size of the headers is doubled, it may allow you to create a connection between two hosts that would otherwise be blocked by a firewall.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A protocol for sending IP packets over an existing IP network."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "protocol",
          "protocol"
        ],
        [
          "IP",
          "Internet Protocol"
        ],
        [
          "packets",
          "packets"
        ],
        [
          "network",
          "network"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet) A protocol for sending IP packets over an existing IP network."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "IP in IP"
}

Download raw JSONL data for IP in IP meaning in English (1.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (f074e77 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.