IP

1. Intellectual Property.
2. Internet Protocol: a communications protocol for computers connected to a network, especially the internet, specifying the format for addresses and units of transmitted data. TCP/IP none.

IP

abbreviation for

1. internet protocol: a code used to label packets of data sent across the internet, identifying both the sending and the receiving computers
2. law intellectual property

IP

1. Short for Internet Protocol. A protocol that specifies the way data is broken into packets and the way those packets are addressed for transmission.
2. See more at TCP/IP

Example Sentences

UK government body the Intellectual Property Office called IP infringement both a "local and global challenge" and said it worked with others to "help tackle the threat it poses to businesses and consumers".

From BBC

I, too, became increasingly paranoid after I began facing hundreds of hacking attempts each day from unknown IP addresses.

From BBC

Investigators suspect that some posts may have originated from London and Germany after tracing IP addresses.

From BBC

But those metrics may not be as relevant to AI companies, which are seeking a wide variety of data to train their AI models, rather than just IP that they can exploit.

From Los Angeles Times

Apple's shift of IP assets in 2015 is widely believed to have been responsible for a wild swing in the country's GDP that year.

From BBC