The Internet Protocol is the primary protocol at the internet layer of the TCP/IP stack. TCP/IP or more correctly the Internet Protocol Suite is actually a suite of protocols with the expressed aim of providing meaningful computer communications.
IP, the Internet Protocol is the most important of the protocols as it is upon this that all other rely. It is responsible for determining the source and determining IP addresses of every packet.
Internet Protocol enables data and other traffic to traverse the internet and to arrive at the desired destination.
IP not only provides a standardized ‘envelope’ for the information is sent; it also contains ‘header’ that provides addressing, routing and message-handling information that enables a message to be directed to its final destination over the various media that compose the internet.
IP – internet protocol
