Internet Protocol

Internet Protocol (IP) is the for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a , protocol. It provides packet , and re-assembly through the .
==History==
IPv4 was the version in widespread use and IPv6 was just beginning to come into use in 2000, but was not yet widespread by 2008.. 2000-12-19.
==References==
==See also==
*IP address
==External links==
*What is the Internet Protocol? at CloudFlare
* at Wikipedia
Category:Internet
Category:Technical terminology