Internet Protocol

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Noun

Internet Protocol (uncountable)

1. (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-ʔinternet)
• 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 (nl) n
• Finnish: verkkoprotokolla
• Galician: protocolo de Internet m
• Georgian: ინტერნეტ ოქმი (inṭerneṭ okmi), ინტერნეტ პროტოკოლი (inṭerneṭ ṗroṭoḳoli), ინტერნეტ-პროტოკოლი (inṭerneṭ-ṗroṭoḳoli)
• Greek: Πρωτόκολλο Διαδικτύου (el) (Protókollo Diadiktýou)
• 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 (mižmereževyj protokol)
• Yiddish: אינטערנעט־פּראָטאָקאָל (internet-protokol)

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Translations to be checked

• Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} Internetprotokol
• 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)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} Internetprotokoll c
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} இணைய நெறிமுறை (iṇaiya neṟimuṟai)