From 2232c87ccd8b4edbbcb2f6d8c10e3ee076837c04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Angelos Chalaris Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 10:35:31 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add IP --- glossary/IP.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) create mode 100644 glossary/IP.md diff --git a/glossary/IP.md b/glossary/IP.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d785541c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/glossary/IP.md @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +### IP + +An IP address is a number assigned to a device connected to a network that uses the Internet protocol. +Two IP versions are currently in use - IPv4, the older version of the communication protocol (e.g. 192.168.1.100) and IPv6, the newest version of the communication protocol which allows for many different IP addresses (e.g. 0:0:0:0:ffff:c0a8:164).