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IP

Definition: IP

IP

Noun

1. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "IP" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1903. (references)

"IP" is a common misspelling or typo for: dap, hap, imp, limp, peg, pipe, up.


Specialty Definitions: IP

DomainDefinitions

Computing

IP Internet Protocol. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Agriculture

Income protection program (see revenue insurance). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: IP

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

IP is an acronym for:
Intellectual property -- a legal metaphor encompassing copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secret law
Internet Protocol -- the computer networking protocol used on the Internet
Instruction pointer -- the computer processor (CPU) register indicating the current instruction

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "IP."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: IP

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

IP

DutchIngangsprocessorComputing

IP

EnglishInvestigation periodN/A

IP

FrenchIndice de plasticitéBuilding & Civil Engineering, Engineering & Technology

IP

Portugueseíndice de plasticidadeBuilding & Civil Engineering, Engineering & Technology
IPDVMRPEnglishIP Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol, "IP-DVMRP"Computer - (RFC 1075, IP)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: IP

Synonyms: informatics (n), information processing (n), information science (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: IP

Specialty definitions using "IP": address mask, amateur packet radiobabbling errorChernobyl packet, Common Architecture for Next Generation Internet Protocol, Conferencing over IPdomain name system, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocolexterior gateway protocolFax over IP, FoIPGeneric Routing Encapsulation, GodzillagramH.323, heterogeneous network, HP bypass stationinduced polarization, Intermediate System, Internet Adapter, Internet Control Message Protocol, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Internet Group Management Protocol, Internet Protocol, Internet Telephony, Internet Telephony Service Providers, intraperitoneal, Inverse Address Resolution Protocol, IP address, IP next generation, IP number, IP Telephony, IPSec, IPTJANET IP Service, JIPSkamikaze packetlabel switching, Linux Network Administrators' GuideMaximum Transmission Unit, MBONE, Media Gateway Control Protocol, Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tool, multicast backbone, Multiprotocol Label SwitchingNetWare Core Protocol, Network Address Translation, network file system, network layerPacket InterNet Groper, Port Address Translation, proxy ARP, proxy gatewayReal Time Streaming Protocol, Revenue insurance, reverse address resolution protocol, RFC 1702Serial Line Internet Protocol, Serial Line IP, simple multicast protocol, Simple Network Management Protocol, subnet address, SuperJanetTCPIP, TP/IX, Transport Layer InterfaceU-NET Limited, User Datagram ProtocolVirtual LAN, Voice over IP, VOIPWindows Internet Naming Service. (references)
Non-English Usage: "IP" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Turkish (cord, halter, lanyard, lap, rope, string, tether, tightrope, twist).

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Modern Usage: IP

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Jeojeun pul jeojeun ip (1987)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: IP

DomainTitle

Books

  • Cisco IP Telephony (reference)

  • IP Quality of Service (Cisco Networking Fundamentals) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

  • Braun Oral-B D17535 3D Excel Plaque Remover with Special Value Pack--includes Extra Handle, Travel Case, and IP Brush Head (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: IP

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

IP is divided into 4 stages, which frequently overlap or appear together. (references)

The skin abnormalities of IP usually disappear by adolescence or adulthood without treatment. (references)

In a few cases of IP, extremely wooly or kinky hair and an immune system dysfunction may also appear. (references)

Business

Another area of future growth is IP telephony. (references)

Most IP telephony companies agree with this figure. (references)

IP technology and services will benefit from the growth of Internet. (references)

Economic History

Lebanon

Voice over IP (such as Net2Phone) is banned. (references)

Australia

Contact details are: IP Australia, Tel: 61-2-6283-2000 or Fax: 61-2-6285 4149. (references)

Australia

IP Australia is the Federal Government agency responsible for registrations of patents, trademarks and designs. (references)

Political Economy

URUGUAY

Although Uruguay is a WTO member, its IP regime does not yet meet international TRIPs standards. (references)

NETHERLANDS

Dutch IP legislation explicitly includes computer software as intellectual property under the copyright statutes. (references)

SOUTH AFRICA

The Industrial Participation obligation must be fulfilled within seven years of the effective date of the IP agreement. (references)

Trade

Ireland

However, Euro notes and coins will not be issued into general circulation until 2002. The Punt's conversion rate into the Euro is IP 0.787564: Euro 1.00. The punt-dollar exchange rate stands at IP 1.00: USD 1.09 as of July 2001. (references)

Travel

Ireland

Since January 1 2000, Ireland is a full member of the Euro-Zone and the Irish Pound was irrevocably fixed at a rate of IP 1.2697 against the Euro (1 Euro is worth IP 0.787564). Euro currency will be introduced from January 1, 2002 and local currency phased out over a six-week period. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: IP

"IP" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 64.91% of the time. "IP" is used about 57 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)64.91%3756,631
Noun (proper)26.32%1590,616
Lexical Verb (infinitive)3.51%2245,945
Lexical Verb (base form)3.51%2245,945
Noun (common)1.75%1339,140
                    Total100.00%57N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: IP

The following table summarizes the usage of "IP" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
IpLast name17051,231
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: IP

Expressions using "IP": conferencing over IP fax over IP IP address ip next generation ip number ip Telephony JANET IP Service Réseaux IP Européens serial Line IP voice over IP. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "IP": ip-fakoum, ip-sdp.

Ending with "IP": ARTS-IP, HP-IP, prr-ip, tcp-ip.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: IP

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

ip address

3,622

ip address search

228

ip

1,980

ip address lookup

227

tcp ip

1,639

ip check

214

my ip

852

change ip

211

voice over ip

710

hide ip address

211

find ip address

555

change ip address

208

ip phone

545

ip relay.com

203

ip lookup

408

ip tool

196

ip trace

389

static ip

187

ip scanner

381

bacstel ip

186

ip telephony

360

curriculum cv firewall ip manager program resume rsum security tcp vitae

181

whats my ip

324

ip calculator

180

ip scan

300

no ip

160

ip sniffer

299

whats my ip address

157

ip relay

263

ip phone system

155

ip find

257

ip address trace

153

ip tracer

248

compaq ip openvms services tcp

152

ip finder

248

ip camera

150

hide ip

239

ip address finder

150

ip search

238

ip spoofer

148
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: IP

Language Translations for "IP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

"入 (Afferent, encode, input), 網際"定 (internet protocol). (various references)

   

Danish

  

IP-adresse (Internet protocol address, IP address), Internet-protokoladresse (Internet protocol address, IP address). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Internet protocol number (Internet protocol address, IP address). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

IP-osoite (Internet protocol address, IP address). (various references)

   

French

  

IP Multicast (IP Multicast), paramètre du protocole Internet (IP parameter), adresse IP (IP address). (various references)

   

German

  

IP-Adresse (Internet protocol address, IP address), Internetprotokolladresse (Internet protocol address, IP address), Parameter für die Internet-Leitwegprozedur (Internet protocol parameter, IP parameter). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πρωτόκολλο Ιντερνετ. (various references)

   

Italian

  

parametro del protocollo Internet (Internet protocol parameter, IP parameter). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

知財 (intellectual property). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ちざい (intellectual property). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ipay

   

Portuguese

  

endereço IP (Internet protocol address, IP address). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

parámetro de protocolo de Internet (Internet protocol parameter, IP parameter), dirección IP (Internet protocol address, IP address). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: IP

Derivations

Words beginning with "IP": ipecac, ipecacs, ipecacuanha, ipecacuanhas, ipomoea, ipomoeas, iproniazid, iproniazids, ipsilateral, ipsilaterally. (additional references)

Words ending with "IP": accountantship, acquaintanceship, airmanship, airship, airstrip, ambassadorship, amidship, anticensorship, antiship, antislip, apostleship, apprenticeship, arhatship, artisanship, assistantship, associateship, athwartship, atrip, attorneyship, authorship, bailiffship, battleship, biochip, bipartisanship, blip, brinkmanship, brinksmanship, bullwhip, cadetship, cantraip, cantrip, captainship, cardinalship, catnip, censorship, chairmanship, championship, chancellorship, chiefship, chieftainship, chip, chumship, churchmanship, citizenship, clerkship, clip, coauthorship, colleagueship, collectorship, commandership, commissionership. (additional references)

Words containing "IP": accipiter, accipiters, accipitrine, accipitrines, accountantships, acquaintanceships, adipic, adipocyte, adipocytes, adipose, adiposes, adiposis, adiposities, adiposity, adipous, adscript, adscripts, airmanships, airships, airstrips, aliped, alipeds, aliphatic, altiplano, altiplanos, ambassadorships, amidships, amitriptyline, amitriptylines, amphidiploid, amphidiploidies, amphidiploids, amphidiploidy, amphipathic, amphiphile, amphiphiles, amphiphilic, amphiploid, amphiploidies, amphiploids, amphiploidy, amphipod, amphipods, amphiprostyle, amphiprostyles, anadiploses, anadiplosis, anticipant, anticipants, anticipatable, anticipate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: IP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: pi.

 Words containing the letters "i-p"
 

+1 letter: dip, gip, hip, imp, kip, lip, nip, phi, pia, pic, pie, pig, pin, pip, pis, pit, piu, pix, poi, psi, rip, sip, tip, yip, zip.

 

+2 letters: blip, chip, clip, dips, dipt, drip, epic, flip, gimp, gips, grip, hips, impi, imps, jimp, kepi, kips, limp, lipa, lipe, lips, lisp, nipa, nips, padi, paid, paik, pail, pain, pair, pein, peri, pfui, phis, phiz, pial, pian, pias, pica, pice, pick, pics, pied, pier, pies, pigs, pika, pike, piki, pile, pili, pill, pily, pima, pimp, pina, pine, ping, pink, pins, pint, piny, pion, pipe, pips, pipy, pirn, pish, piso, piss, pita, pith, pits, pity, pixy, plie, pois, prig, prim, psis, puli, puri, pyic, pyin, quip, ripe, rips, ship, simp, sipe, sips, skip, slip, snip, spic, spik, spin, spit, spiv, tipi, tips, topi, trip, whip, wimp, wipe, wisp, yipe, yips, zips.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

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Alternative Orthography: IP


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 50

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..    .--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01010000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#80

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 0050

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4350

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Non-English Dictionaries with "IP"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , chinês, chino

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatie菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés

French

dictionnaire, définition, traduction法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, francés

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, alemán

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, griego

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, tradução葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portugués

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducción西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, español

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Abbreviations
13. Acronyms
14. Derivations
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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