What Is An IP Address?

An IP (Internet Protocol) is the distinctive location of your website on the Internet. You can call it the 'address' of your computer. The IP includes a set of independent computers (nodes) connected between them, with every node having a unique identifier assigned to it.  There are unique rules which aid the computers across the network to exchange data with each other with the help of intermediate computers, known as 'routers.' The unique identifier is called an IP address.

Every computer in a network must have an IP address configured in order to communicate with the other computer. To know the IP address for your computer, click on the 'start' button on the lower left part of the computer screen.  Then click on 'run' and in the dialog box, write 'cmd'. On the command prompt window, type in 'ipconfig' to know your IP address.

IP (Internet Protocol) address is an unique id of an PC who is connect with the internet.