Ip
adj, name, noun, phrase, slang ·2 syllables ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Initialism of intellectual property. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"In the past year, Disney has announced 4 sequels and one reboot, but not a single new IP"
- 2 the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information wordnet
- 3 Initialism of Indigenous peoples. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 4 Initialism of interpositive. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
- 5 Initialism of innings pitched (“the statistic reporting the number of innings pitched by a pitcher”). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, invariable
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- 6 Initialism of immunoprecipitation. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 7 Initialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be added in a document). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 8 Initialism of instruction pointer (CPU register). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 9 Initialism of inflectional phrase. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 10 Initialism of incontinentia pigmenti. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 Initialism of instrument panel. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 12 Initialism of injured party. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 13 Initialism of initial permutation. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 14 Ellipsis of IP address. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
- 15 Ellipsis of IP address.; An unregistered user identified by their IP address. Internet, countable, metonymically, uncountable
"This IP made a disruptive edit!"
- 16 An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole. US, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable
- 17 Initialism of Irish pennant. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable
- 18 Abbreviation of inpatient. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 1 Initialism of intraperitoneal. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
- 1 Initialism of in possession. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"Prison nursing staff will carefully evaluate whether an individual should have 'IP' (in possession) medication."
- 1 Initialism of Internet Protocol. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"IP address"
- 2 A surname.
- 3 Initialism of Ingress Protection Rating. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 4 Initialism of International Paper. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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More examples"You can study IP related material during work hours when you have time to spare."
Etymology
Initialisms (see definitions).
Borrowed from Cantonese 葉/叶 (jip⁶).
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