{"id":3186,"date":"2021-04-25T19:35:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T19:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=3186"},"modified":"2021-04-25T19:35:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T19:35:45","slug":"ip-address","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/encyclopedia\/ip-address\/","title":{"rendered":"IP address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2075\" src=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mother-of-God_icon1200-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mother-of-God_icon1200-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mother-of-God_icon1200-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mother-of-God_icon1200-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mother-of-God_icon1200-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mother-of-God_icon1200-850x850.png 850w, https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mother-of-God_icon1200.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">The term IP address refers to Internet Protocol address.\u00a0 It is a numerical address that is assigned to any device like a computer, tablet or <a href=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/encyclopedia\/smartphone\/\">smartphone<\/a> that is connected to the internet. It can be looked at as being similar to a street address that is assigned to a house. 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