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IP address

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A number assigned to each computer's or other device's network interface, which are active on a network. supporting the Internet Protocol, in order to distinguish each network interface, and hence each networked device) from every other network interface anywhere on the network.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Short for Internet Protocol address.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عُنْوَان آي بِي (ʕunwān ʔay bī) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Basque: IP helbide — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Catalan: adreça IP — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Chinese Mandarin: IP地址 (āipì dìzhǐ) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Chinese Mandarin: IP位址 (āipì wèizhǐ) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Danish: IP-adresse — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Dutch: IP-adres — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Esperanto: IP-adreso — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Faroese: IP-adressa — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Finnish: IP-osoite — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • French: adresse IP — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Galician: enderezo IP — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • German: IP-Adresse — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Greek: ιστοδιεύθυνση (istodiéfthynsi) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Greek: διεύθυνση ΔΠ (diéfthynsi DP) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Greek: διεύθυνση IP (diéfthynsi IP) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Hindi: आइपी ऍड्रैस (āipī ĕḍrais) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Hungarian: IP-cím — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Icelandic: IP-tala — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Icelandic: vistfang — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Icelandic: IP-númer — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Indonesian: alamat IP — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Japanese: IPアドレス (aipī-adoresu) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Japanese: アイピーアドレス (aipī-adoresu) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Korean: IP 주소 (aipi juso) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Korean: 아이피 주소 (aipi juso) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Polish: adres IP — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Portuguese: endereço IP — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Romanian: adresă IP — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Russian: IP-а́дрес (IP-ádres) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Russian: айпѝ-а́дрес (ajpì-ádres) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Russian: айпи́ (ajpí) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Spanish: dirección IP — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Swedish: IP-adress — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Ukrainian: IP-адре́са (IP-adrésa) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Ukrainian: айпі̀-адре́са (ajpì-adrésa) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Ukrainian: айпі́ (ajpí) — number assigned to each computer's network interface
  • Xibe: ᡞᠠ ᡦᡞ ᡥᡝᠪᡩᡝᡧᡝᠷᡝ ᠪᠠ (ai pi hebdešere ba) — number assigned to each computer's network interface