What is the significanse of an IP(Internet Protocol) in web??

__________________
Tosh
Dedicated Hosting

IP stands for Internet Protocol, the most popular open-system protocol used to communicate across any sets of interconnected networks including Local Area Networks (LAN) or Wide Area Networks (WAN).

An IP address is an identification number assigned to a device (e.g. a computer or a printer) in such a network.

IP address is used to connect to the device via communication protocols such as Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) or Internet Protocol (IP).

An IP address consists of 4 sets of 8-bit numbers (octet) with a total of 32-bits, each separated by a dot (.) .

For each of the 4 sets of octets in an IP address, the maximum possible value is 255 (representing an octet containing all ones).

Assigning of IP addresses for server and devices connected to the internet is governed by organizations such as ARIN (United States), RIPE NCC (Europe) and APNIC (Asia Pacific), so that no duplicate IP addresses are assigned.