What is an IP address

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  It can be thought of like a house address or an apartment address. While many houses have their own address, some like apartments have a building address with sub address for each unit.

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A host in this case is identified by an Internet protocol, or IP, address (a concept that is explained in greater detail later). Each unique IP address refers to a single location on the global Internet, but that IP address can serve as a gateway for many different computers.¹