Definitions for "IP ADDRESSES"
Keywords:  iif, freenode, hostid, netid, whenever
An IP Address is what REALLY makes the Internet work. An IP Address is in the format of xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, and looks something like 206.228.208.10. It is possible to map several host names to one IP address is some cases. On the public Internet, each individual server or computer has to have a unique IP address.
Internet Protocol addresses are the numeric identification numbers that refers to a specific machine on the Internet.
Internet Protocol address. Consists of 4 sets of numbers(octets) within a specific range. Actual addresses of computers on the Internet.