Short for Internet Protocol address, an IP or IP address is a number (example shown right) used to indicate the location of a computer or other device on a network using TCP/IP. These addresses are similar to those of your house, allowing data to reach the appropriate destination on a network and the Internet.
IPv4 vs. IPv6
As the Internet and technology evolve, there has been an increasing demand for IP addresses. To help meet the demand for IP addresses, there are two types of addresses used today: IPv4 and IPv6. Although you may only deal with an IPv4 address in your local home, school, or small office, you should also be aware of IPv6 addresses for when you encounter them.
Example of an IPv4 address:
216.58.216.164
Example of an IPv6 address:
2607:f8b0:4005:805::200e
There are basically two types of IP addresses:
1) Static IP address
2) Shared IP address
An IP Address is a 32-bit number that identifies a computer on the Internet. Every web site on the internet is found not by its domain name but by its IP address.
When someone types the address: www.xyz.com it is translated into an IP address and then the computer is directed to that IP address which is the web site.
Now every single website has an IP address specifically allocated to it. If every site assigned a separate IP address then there could be a problem with running out of IP addresses so a lot of the sites on the server use a single IP address for multiple sites.
Thus, using more than one site on an IP address is called a Shared IP address. If a site has its own IP address, and shares with no one else, it is called a Static IP address.
You can always access a site which has a static IP address by using its IP address alone, but you can not access a site using a shared IP address by typing in the IP address alone because when you type in a shared IP address you arrive at the server but the server does not know which site you are looking for as you have not told it which domain name you want.
1) Static IP address
2) Shared IP address
An IP Address is a 32-bit number that identifies a computer on the Internet. Every web site on the internet is found not by its domain name but by its IP address.
When someone types the address: www.xyz.com it is translated into an IP address and then the computer is directed to that IP address which is the web site.
Now every single website has an IP address specifically allocated to it. If every site assigned a separate IP address then there could be a problem with running out of IP addresses so a lot of the sites on the server use a single IP address for multiple sites.
Thus, using more than one site on an IP address is called a Shared IP address. If a site has its own IP address, and shares with no one else, it is called a Static IP address.
You can always access a site which has a static IP address by using its IP address alone, but you can not access a site using a shared IP address by typing in the IP address alone because when you type in a shared IP address you arrive at the server but the server does not know which site you are looking for as you have not told it which domain name you want.
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