Every device that connects to a network — a phone, a laptop, a smart television, even a refrigerator — needs a way to identify itself and be found by others. The Internet Protocol address, universally shortened to IP address, serves exactly this purpose: it is the numerical label assigned to each device participating in a computer network.
Every device that connects to a network — a phone, a laptop, a smart television, even a refrigerator — needs a way to identify itself and be found by others. The Internet Protocol address, universally shortened to IP address, serves exactly this purpose: it is the numerical label assigned to each...