Internet address
<networking> (IP address, TCP/IP address) The 32-bit host address defined by the Internet Protocol in STD 5, RFC 791. It is usually represented in dotted decimal notation. A hosts's Internet address is sometimes related to its internet address <networking> (Note lower case "i"). An IP address that uniquely identifies a node on an internet. [Jargon File] (1995-04-12) | ||||
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Internet address Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Jargon File |
Internet address
n. 1. [techspeak] An absolute network address of the form foo@bar.baz, where foo is a user name, bar is a sitename, and baz is a `domain' name, possibly including periods itself. Contrast with bang path; see also the network and network address. All Internet machines and most UUCP sites can now resolve these addresses, thanks to a large amount of behind-the-scenes magic and PD software written since 1980 or so. See also bang path, domainist. 2. More loosely, any network address reachable through Internet; this includes bang path addresses and some internal corporate and government networks.
n. 1. [techspeak] An absolute network address of the form foo@bar.baz, where foo is a user name, bar is a sitename, and baz is a `domain' name, possibly including periods itself. Contrast with bang path; see also the network and network address. All Internet machines and most UUCP sites can now resolve these addresses, thanks to a large amount of behind-the-scenes magic and PD software written since 1980 or so. See also bang path, domainist. 2. More loosely, any network address reachable through Internet; this includes bang path addresses and some internal corporate and government networks.
Reading Internet addresses is something of an art. Here are the four most important top-level functional Internet domains followed by a selection of geographical domains:
- com
- commercial organizations
- edu
- educational institutions
- gov
- U.S. government civilian sites
- mil
- U.S. military sites
Note that most of the sites in the com and edu domains are in the U.S. or Canada.
- us
- sites in the U.S. outside the functional domains
- su
- sites in the ex-Soviet Union (see kremvax).
- uk
- sites in the United Kingdom
Within the us domain, there are subdomains for the fifty states, each generally with a name identical to the state's postal abbreviation. Within the uk domain, there is an ac subdomain for academic sites and a co domain for commercial ones. Other top-level domains may be divided up in similar ways.
| Internet Glossary |
Internet address (a.k.a. IP address)
An assigned series of numbers unique to each computer on the Internet which is used to identify it for data exchanges.
An assigned series of numbers unique to each computer on the Internet which is used to identify it for data exchanges.
| Internetworking Terms |
internet address
An IP address that uniquely identifies a node on an internet. An Internet address (capital "I"), uniquely identifies a node on the Internet. See also: internet, Internet, IP address.
An IP address that uniquely identifies a node on an internet. An Internet address (capital "I"), uniquely identifies a node on the Internet. See also: internet, Internet, IP address.
Internet address Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Technical English by wpv |
Internet Address
An assigned number which identifies a host in an Internet. It has two or three parts: network number, optional subnet number, and host number.
An assigned number which identifies a host in an Internet. It has two or three parts: network number, optional subnet number, and host number.
Internet address Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| hEnglish - advanced version |
internet address
internet address
(note lower case "i"). an ip address that uniquely identifies a node on an internet.
internet address
(note lower case "i"). an ip address that uniquely identifies a node on an internet.
Internet address Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
IP address
An IP address (Internet Protocol address) is a unique address that certain electronic devices use in order to identify and communicate with each other on a computer network utilizing the Internet Protocol standard (IP)—in simpler terms, a computer address. Any participating network device—including routers, switches, computers, time-servers, printers, Internet fax machines, and some telephones—can have their own unique address.
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