Put in straight english please
2007-03-03 00:24:41 · 5 answers · asked by Gary Z 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
If you use the analogy of a telephone number, it is like that!
Here is a simplified answer...
Your telephone number is unique and allows people to contact your phone by connecting to that number... So, too, an IP address is unique and allows people to connect to your computer!
In addition, there are "extension" numbers, in a similar manner to the way a large office may have a "main number" that connects to individuals via a "switchboard"... This same process is emulated with a router and "network address translation" (NAT) to effectively share a single, unique IP address across a small office (or home user) that does not wish to incur the expense of many "real" IP addresses!
As to WHOIS, think of the phones again...
What if you want to call your friend, but you don't have his number, just his name?
DNS (Domain Name Service) is like the 411 (directory lookup) for computers. People pay an annual fee to "register" a name against an IP address... WHOIS is a program that accesses the database to "look up" a number for you!
This is done automatically in your PC for you using DNS, for example, when you type "answers.yahoo.com" into your web browser, it uses DNS to find the IP address for you so it can connect to the proper computer.
2007-03-03 00:37:48 · answer #1 · answered by N2FC 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
IP Address is like your home address. It is unique to you and helps people find you. Or helps you find them.
It says a lot about you. It tells everyone who your ISP (internet service provider is) and your general location - country - general area - (not exactly where you live).
It is used to uniquely identify computers in the assumption that they will want to connect to each other.
WHOIS is a record of who owns a website - you can look up any website on the internet and see who owns it or registered through the free WHOIS database - it will give you contact details of the person who registered the domain name
2007-03-03 00:35:12 · answer #2 · answered by boxer_short_man 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your IP handle is like your street handle. computers on the information superhighway use IP addresses so as that they understand the place to deliver the packets of records. that's comparable to somebody who needs to bypass to or united stateshanding over a kit could desire your street handle to make sure the place you reside to have the means to get there The analogy ends so a techniques as own guidance is going nevertheless. until you have a static IP handle with an internet site call registered to you, the IP handle belongs on your ISP and it won't provide any further guidance approximately you different than possibly the city the place you reside. provided that maximum folk do no longer bypass to each and all of the hassle of working their own servers, that's maximum possibly which you have a dynamic IP handle and it will substitute each and every each and every now and then interior of a variety unique for the community ISP service. in case you do a whois study, you will discover touch guidance to your ISP. in case you do a opposite DNS study, it is going again with a text cloth URL which will probable have an abbreviated state and nearest city abbreviation embedded in it. it could take a seek warrant to get extra guidance from the ISP. in case you could stay with anybody with the flexibility to get interior of one hundred thousand or extra human beings, then even understanding what city you're on the brink of won't mean something. Shadow Wolf
2016-10-02 07:43:39 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Internet Protocol (IP): This networking protocol is used primarily for addressing. All devices on an IP network must have a unique IP address assigned to them. Each address consists of 4 octets (bytes) and follow the format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. IP is typically paired with TCP, and is referred to as TCP/IP.
2007-03-03 07:34:00 · answer #4 · answered by vanessa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An IP address is an unique code assigned to every computer on the internet for easy identification. Its just like your house address. It goes like XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX. The max val of XXX is 133. To find out urs, goto start -> Run (Windows OS) type "cmd" and press enter and type ipconfig and press enter. There it is.
2007-03-03 00:41:21 · answer #5 · answered by Senthil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋