A protocol that contains addressing information and some control information that allows outgoing messages to be routed and recognizes incoming messages.
Internet Protocol is a standard describing software that keeps track of the Internet's addresses for different nodes, routes outgoing messages, and recognizes incoming messages.
A unique protocol which tells computers what type of transmission is being transmitted. Examples include: http, gopher, FTP, telnet, etc.
The basic protocol of the Internet. It provides the protocols so two computers will be able to find one another but does not provide any protocols to assure that the data sent will actually arrive, will not arrive in duplicate form, nor will arrive in a non-corrupted state. Other protocols are established to monitor data integrity.
One of the most widely used network protocols in the world - if you are on the Internet then you are using it. IP itself specifies an addressing scheme which can globally identify network interfaces in a hierarchical manner (the familiar 123.456.789.123 addresses), a method of fragmenting large datagrams (= 65535 bytes) into smaller units for transmission over different media and a field for identifying other protocols built on top of it - TCP and UDP.
The set of rules that allow the transmission of data among all computers. IP specifies the format of packets and the addressing scheme. Most networks combine IP with a higher-level protocol called Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), which establishes a virtual connection between a destination and a source. IP by itself is like the postal system. It allows you to address a package and drop it in the mail, but there's no direct link between you and the recipient. TCP/IP, on the other hand, establishes a connection between two hosts so that they can send messages back and forth.
This is the packet data protocol that is used for the routing and carriage of messages across Internet and similar networks.
The IP part of TCP/IP; the protocol that is used to route a data packets from source to destination over the Internet and IP networks.
the method for moving information from one network to another on th einternet. An IP address uniquely identifies every site on the internet. For ease of use, IP address are now translated into more meaningful web address (URLs).
the protocol which provides addresses needed to move packets of information across networks. IP addresses have two parts: a network identifier and a host identifier.