internet protocol address

基本解释

IP address: in full Internet Protocol address; Number that uniquely identifies each computer on the Internet.
是一整套协议，可使得因特网上各主机之间进行数据的正确传送。
Many engineers believe that the use of a router provides better protection against hacking than a software firewall, because no computer Internet Protocol address are directly exposed to the Internet.
许多工程师认为，路由器可以比软件防火墙提供更好的保护，这是因为没有哪台计算机的IP地址会直接暴露到互联网上。
By reading a computer's internet-protocol address, anti-fraud systems can “geolocate” online buyers, and raise or lower scores depending on where they are.
通过读取某台计算机因特网协议地址，防欺诈系统能“物理定位”那些在线买家，并根据他们的位置增减分值。

The investigation could take weeks, but an initial finding linked a Chinese Internet Protocol address to one of the banks affected.
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Type in "Paypal.com, " for instance, and the DNS server owned by your broadband provider converts that name into the Internet Protocol address where the site is hosted.
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Fast flux takes advantage of an option built into the Web's architecture, which allows site owners to switch the Internet Protocol address of a site without changing its domain name.
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