Your IP address is a unique identifier, kind of like a mailing address, associated with your online activity. Any time that you use the internet (shopping online, sending emails, streaming TV), you’re requesting access to a specific online destination, and in return, information is sent back to you. How does that work? Well the IP stands for Internet Protocol, which lays out the standards and rules (yes, otherwise known as the protocol) for routing data and connecting to the internet. This protocol is a set of rules each party needs to follow to allow for a bi-directional flow of data.

Jo IP -adres is in unike identifikaasjekoade, lykas in postadres, dy’t keppele is oan jo online aktiviteit. Elke kear dat jo it ynternet brûke (online winkelje, e-mails ferstjoere, tv streame), freegje jo tagong ta in spesifike online bestimming, en yn ruil wurdt ynformaasje nei jo weromstjoerd. Hoe wurket dat? No, it IP stiet foar Internet Protocol, dat de noarms en regels (ja, oars bekend as it protokol) befettet foar it rûtearjen fan gegevens en it ferbinen mei it ynternet. Dit protokol is in set regels dy’t elke partij folgje moat om in bidireksjonele stream fan gegevens mooglik te meitsjen.