private IP address

private IP address definition - telecom
An Internet Protocol (IP) address set aside for use within a LAN, intranet, or other private network and not for use in a public network such as the Internet. Also known as Network 10 addresses, in reference to the first field in the first address range, private IP addresses fall into the following ranges:

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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