IP address

An IP Adress or Internet Protocol address is an adress which allows one computer to recognise and communicate with another. routers, telephones etc can also use IP addresses. Local Intranets can use IP addresses but they are best known on the Public Internet. An international organisation allocates IP addresses to Internet Service Providers or ISP's. The ISP's in turn allocate IP addresses to their custommers. An IP address can be static or dynamic. A static IP address stays the same while a dynamic IP address changes.