What is an IP address?

What is IP?

Your IP address is probably something you rarely think about, but it is very important for your online lifestyle. Without an IP address, you will not be able to access today’s weather information, check the latest news and watch videos online. Why? Because without your IP address, sites like texno.blog, BBC and CNBC will not know where to send the information you request. They will not be able to transfer this information to your computer.

An Internet Protocol address, or IP address, is a numeric address that corresponds to your computer on the network. When a computer wants to connect to another computer, it connects to that computer’s IP address.

Every computer on the Internet has an IP (Internet Protocol) address. The IP address consists of four digits separated by dots; For example, “192.168.1.224 ”. If a computer has an IP address, all computers on the Internet can easily find this address. So if you know the IP address of a site, you can connect to that site by typing this address in your web browser. Each IP address is assigned a domain name. A network of personal server computers (Domain Name System – DNS), most of which are Internet Service Providers, stores which domain name corresponds to which IP address and redirects users to the correct addresses. it depends on the IP addresses, so there is no confusion.

When you connect to the Internet, your computer is given an IP address. However, most users’ IP addresses are dynamic, meaning your service provider assigns an IP address that is currently empty. Therefore, the last number of your IP address changes with each connection.