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IP address

n
(Computer Science) computing internet protocol address: the numeric code that identifies all computers that are connected to the internet
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Translations
IP-Adresse
dirección IP

IP address

[aɪˈpiːəˌdres] N (Comput) =Internet Protocol addressdirección f IP
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IP address

n (Comput, Internet) → IP-Adresse f
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While he was on the run James Denton posted on Facebook: "Kid doesn't realise they can trace the origin of the signal used to make that comment with the IP number and get the location of his phone.
Anything that can identify a living individual, such as name, address, date of birth, school, job, details of what you buy online and even your device's IP number.
name and IP number, Specimen lost, Test order form missing, Insufficient
The prosecution said he was detected with the help of the IP number of his computer account.
DENIES TURKISH PROSECUTOR ACCESS TO IP NUMBER IN CASE OVER PREMIER CARTOON
For example; over a server which supports the used program, you can see every user connected to the server and you can ask for audio-video communication with the user you want, or if your friend is online at that time and give you his IP number, you can directly have communication through IP number.
* the first group of children whose IP number is lower than 50
Following the performance index that is gained in the introduction part of the software, 15 tasks have been set, which are the same in design and activities for all the users but which are different in moving speed of objects and here we have 3 groups of users (the ones with IP number less than 50, the ones with the IP number between 50 and 100 and the ones with the IP number bigger than 100).
Another fear is that an IP address--the string of numbers that identifies each individual computer connected to the Internet--can be linked to an individual, even if a name or address isn't associated with the IP number. Last year, AOL published the search records of 658,000 of its American users.
Because websites usually file the information they collect about you by your IP number, getting a new IP number daily makes it much more difficult for snoopers.
When it connects in the network IR the mobile phone operator gives an IP number to the mobile modem that becomes its identification in the networking.
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