IP Address

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-014961",
  "term": "IP Address",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "This definition is based on Internet Protocol Version 4. See Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) for a description of the newer 128-bit IP address. In the most widely installed level of the Internet Protocol (IP) today, an IP address is a 32-bit number that identifies each sender or receiver of information that is sent in packets across the Internet. When you request an HTML page or send email, the Internet Protocol part of TCP/IP includes your IP address in the message (actually, in each of the packets if more than one is required) and sends it to the IP address that is obtained by looking up the domain name in the URL you requested or in the email address you're sending a note to. At the other end, the recipient can see the IP address of the Web page requester or the email sender and can respond by sending another message using the IP address it received. An IP address has two parts: the identifier of a particular network on the Internet and an identifier of the particular device (which can be a server or a workstation) within that network. On the Internet itself - that is, between the routers that move packets from one point to another along the route - only the network part of the address is looked at.",
  "references": [
    "Web Guide Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ip-address/"
}