Internet Protocol

English

Noun

Internet Protocol (uncountable)

(Internet) A communication protocol that enables networking a large number of computers to the Internet by providing the basis for packet switching, routing, addressing and other essential functions of the net.

Related terms

dotted quad
ICMP
IPv4
IPv6
IP address
TCP
TCP/IP
UDP

Translations

one of the computer networking protocols

Afrikaans: Internetprotokol
Arabic: بْرُوتُوكُول اَلْإِنْتِرْنِت‎ m (brotukul al-ʾinternet)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 網際協議, 网际协议 (mong⁵ zai³ hip³ ji⁵), 互聯網協議, 互联网协议 (wu⁶ lyun⁴ mong⁵ hip³ ji⁵)
Mandarin: 網際協議, 网际协议 (wǎngjì xiéyì), 互聯網協議, 互联网协议 (hùliánwǎng xiéyì), Internet協議, Internet协议 (Internet xiéyì)
Danish: internetprotokol c
Dutch: Internetprotocol n
Finnish: verkkoprotokolla
Galician: protocolo de Internet m
Georgian: ინტერნეტ ოქმი (inṭerneṭ okmi), ინტერნეტ პროტოკოლი (inṭerneṭ ṗroṭoḳoli), ინტერნეტ-პროტოკოლი (inṭerneṭ-ṗroṭoḳoli)
Hungarian: internetprotokoll (hu)
Indonesian: protokol Internet
Japanese: インターネット・プロトコル (ja) (intānetto purotokoru)
Macedonian: интернет протокол m (internet protokol)

Persian: پروتکل اینترنت‎ (protokol e internet)
Portuguese: protocolo de Internet m
Romanian: protocol de Internet n
Russian: межсетево́й протоко́л m (mežsetevój protokól)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: Internet protokol m
Sinhalese: අන්තර්ජාල ප්රොටෝකෝලය (antarjāla proṭōkōlaya)
Spanish: protocolo de Internet m
Swedish: Internetprotokoll c
Tamil: இணைய நெறிமுறை (iṇaiya neṟimuṟai)
Thai: โพรโทคอลอินเทอร์เน็ต (prohtohkol internét)
Ukrainian: міжмережевий протокол m (mižmereževyj protokol)
Yiddish: אינטערנעט־פּראָטאָקאָל‎ (internet-protokol)

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Translations to be checked

Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} Internetprotokol
Arabic: بروتوكول الإنترنت‎ (brótukul al-’ínternet) m
Galician: ^{(please verify)} protocolo de Internet m
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} protokol Internet
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} интернет протокол m (internet protokol)
Persian: ^{(please verify)} پروتکل اینترنت‎ (protokol e internet)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} protocol pentru Internet

Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} Internet protokol m
Sinhalese: ^{(please verify)} අන්තර්ජාල ප්රොටෝකෝලය (antarjāla proṭōkōlaya)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} protocolo de Internet m
Swedish: Internetprotokoll c
Tamil: ^{(please verify)} இணைய நெறிமுறை (iṇaiya neṟimuṟai)
Thai: โพรโทคอลอินเทอร์เน็ต (prohtohkol internét)
Ukrainian: міжмережевий протокол (mižmereževyj protokol) m