Here's a "pocket definition" that you can use if someone asked. It's a network address for your computer so the Internet knows where to send you emails, data and pictures of cats.
Example of IP Address
An IP Address is written in "dotted decimal" notation, which is 4 sets of numbers separated by period each set representing 8-bit number ranging from (0-255). An example of IPv4 address is 216.3.128.12, which is the IP Adress previously assigned to iplocation.net.
IP Versions
'IP' stands for 'Internet Protocol'. There are two versions of IP that currently coexist in the global Internet: IP Versions 4 (IPv4) and IP Versions 6 (IPv6). IP addresses are made up of binary values and drive the routing of all data over the Internet. IPv4 addresses are 32 bits long, and IPv6 addresses 128 bits long.
Binary IP Address
The act of creating large numbers from groups of binary units or bits is called binary arithmetic. Learning binary arithmetic helps you understand how your computer sees IPs (or any numbers greater than one).
In binary arithmetic, each bit within a group represents a power of two. Specifically, the first bit in a group represents 20 [Editor's note for non-math majors: mathematicians stipulate that any number raised to the power of zero equals 1], the second bit represents 21, the third bit represents 22, and so on. It's easy to understand binary because each successive bit in a group is exactly twice the value of the previous bit.
Classes Of IP Addresses
IP Address Steps
Click the Start menu button on the Windows taskbar
Type 'cmd' in the text box that appears and then press Enter
Look for Physical Address.
