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[[Computer]]s [[connect]]ed to the [[Internet]] are identified by a unique '''Internet Protocol number''' ('''IP number''') that designates their specific location, thereby making it possible to send and receive messages and to [[access]] [[information]] from [[computer]]s anywhere on the [[Internet]]. |
[[Computer]]s [[connect]]ed to the [[Internet]] are identified by a unique '''Internet Protocol number''' ('''IP number''') that designates their specific location, thereby making it possible to send and receive messages and to [[access]] [[information]] from [[computer]]s anywhere on the [[Internet]]. |
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| − | + | {{Quote|When the Internet was first developing, the IP numbers were assigned and maintained by the late Dr. Jon Postel at the University of Southern California; this effort later became known as the [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] ("[[IANA]]"), which still allocates IP numbers today. . . . Postel took on this task when he was a graduate student at UCLA, pursuant to a contract between the Defense Department's [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] ("[[DARPA]]") and UCLA. ''Management of Internet Names and Addresses,'' 62 Fed. Reg. 31741 (1998).<ref>[[PGMedia v. NSI|PGMedia, Inc. v. Network Solutions, Inc.]], 51 F.Supp.2d 389, 391 (S.D.N.Y. 1999) ([http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14680237208000610463&q=51+F.Supp.2d+389&hl=en&as_sdt=2002 full-text]).</ref>}} |
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Latest revision as of 06:03, 21 October 2011
Definition[]
Computers connected to the Internet are identified by a unique Internet Protocol number (IP number) that designates their specific location, thereby making it possible to send and receive messages and to access information from computers anywhere on the Internet.
| “ | When the Internet was first developing, the IP numbers were assigned and maintained by the late Dr. Jon Postel at the University of Southern California; this effort later became known as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ("IANA"), which still allocates IP numbers today. . . . Postel took on this task when he was a graduate student at UCLA, pursuant to a contract between the Defense Department's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ("DARPA") and UCLA. Management of Internet Names and Addresses, 62 Fed. Reg. 31741 (1998).[1] | ” |