"Internet Protocol" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=Internet Protocol}} Internet Protocol (uncountable)
  1. (Internet) A communication protocol that enables networking a large number of computers to the Internet by providing the basis for packet switching, routing, addressing and other essential functions of the net. Wikipedia link: Internet Protocol Tags: Internet, uncountable Categories (topical): Internet Related terms: dotted quad, ICMP, IPv4, IPv6, IP address, TCP, TCP/IP, UDP Translations (one of the computer networking protocols): Internetprotokol (Afrikaans), بْرُوتُوكُول اَلْإِنْتِرْنِت (brotukul al-ʔinternet) [masculine] (Arabic), 網際協議 (Chinese Cantonese), 网际协议 (mong⁵ zai³ hip³ ji⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 互聯網協議 (Chinese Cantonese), 互联网协议 (wu⁶ lyun⁴ mong⁵ hip³ ji⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 網際協議 (Chinese Mandarin), 网际协议 (wǎngjì xiéyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 互聯網協議 (Chinese Mandarin), 互联网协议 (hùliánwǎng xiéyì) (Chinese Mandarin), Internet協議 (Chinese Mandarin), Internet协议 (Internet xiéyì) (Chinese Mandarin), internetprotokol [common-gender] (Danish), internetprotocol [neuter] (Dutch), verkkoprotokolla (Finnish), protocolo de Internet [masculine] (Galician), ინტერნეტ ოქმი (inṭerneṭ okmi) (Georgian), ინტერნეტ პროტოკოლი (inṭerneṭ ṗroṭoḳoli) (Georgian), ინტერნეტ-პროტოკოლი (inṭerneṭ-ṗroṭoḳoli) (Georgian), Πρωτόκολλο Διαδικτύου (Protókollo Diadiktýou) (Greek), internetprotokoll (Hungarian), protokol Internet (Indonesian), インターネット・プロトコル (intānetto purotokoru) (Japanese), интернет протокол (internet protokol) [masculine] (Macedonian), پروتکل اینترنت (protokol e internet) (Persian), protocolo de Internet [masculine] (Portuguese), protocol de Internet [neuter] (Romanian), межсетево́й протоко́л (mežsetevój protokól) [masculine] (Russian), Internet protokol [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), අන්තර්ජාල ප්රොටෝකෝලය (antarjāla proṭōkōlaya) (Sinhalese), protocolo de Internet [masculine] (Spanish), Internetprotokoll [common-gender] (Swedish), இணைய நெறிமுறை (iṇaiya neṟimuṟai) (Tamil), โพรโทคอลอินเทอร์เน็ต (prohtohkol internét) (Thai), міжмережевий протокол (mižmereževyj protokol) (Ukrainian), אינטערנעט־פּראָטאָקאָל (internet-protokol) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Internet_Protocol-en-noun-eNBrpH2H Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header

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      "word": "இணைய நெறிமுறை"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "prohtohkol internét",
      "sense": "one of the computer networking protocols",
      "word": "โพรโทคอลอินเทอร์เน็ต"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mižmereževyj protokol",
      "sense": "one of the computer networking protocols",
      "word": "міжмережевий протокол"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "internet-protokol",
      "sense": "one of the computer networking protocols",
      "word": "אינטערנעט־פּראָטאָקאָל"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Internet Protocol"
}

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