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IP (Internet Protocol)

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A TCP/IP protocol defined in the IETF standard RFC 791. IP defines rules for addressing, packaging, fragmenting, and routing data sent across an IP network. IP falls under the Internet layer of the TCP/ IP protocol stack and the Network layer (layer 3) of the OSI Model.

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