IP Address

IP Address definition - hacker
An identifier required for any machine to communicate on the Internet. The IP address looks something like this: 123.123.123.123—for numerical segments separated by dots. Any computer is reachable through its IP address.

An IP address is divided into a part identifying a network as belonging to a university, a government agency, or a company and another part identifying each computer in that network. The IP address is comparable to a “nonvirtual” street address with its street name and house number.

See Also: Internet Protocol.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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