IP
    n 1: the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating,
         storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information
         [syn: information science, informatics, information
         processing, IP]

	

	IP
       Instruction Pointer [register] (CPU, Intel, assembler)

	

	IP
       Information Provider

	

	IP
       Intellectual Property

	

	IP
       Intelligent Peripheral (IN)

	

	IP
       Intelligent Peripheral

	

	IP
       Internet Protocol [version 4] (RFC 791)

	

	Internet Protocol
IP

    (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP
   protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined
   in STD 5, RFC 791.  IP is a connectionless,
   best-effort packet switching protocol.  It provides
   packet routing, fragmentation and re-assembly through
   the data link layer.

   IPv4 is the version in widespread use and IPv6 was just
   beginning to come into use in 2000 but is still not widespread
   by 2008.

   [Other versions?  Dates?]

   (2000-12-19)