Internet Protocol (IP)
Definition
One of the two most important protocols (written together as TCP/IP) that make internet possible. IP divides flow of data into packets (each carrying up to 65,535 eight-bit bytes) and attaches a header containing forwarding address for its correct transmission to the intended receiver.
Internet Protocol (IP) is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks and Internet & World Wide Web subjects.
Internet Protocol (IP) appears in the definitions of the following terms:
Kermit,
IP address,
telnet,
IP,
domain,
value added internetwork,
internet phone,
simple object access protocol (SOAP),
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP),
domain name system (DNS)
and
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