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Dns vs Ip - What's the difference?

dns | ip |

As an initialism dns

is (label) domain name system.

As a noun ip is

string, (a long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together).

dns

English

Initialism

(Initialism) (en-initialism)
  • (label) Domain Name System
  • The protocol used by the Domain Name System
  • (label) Domain Name Services; the services provided by the Domain Name System
  • (label) Did Not Start

    • See also

    * (sports) DNF, DNQ, DSQ, DQ, Q

    Anagrams

    *

    References

    * Joyce, John. "Those Damn Network Acronyms". Scientific Computing, June 2007, pg. 12. ----

    ip

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal, uncountable) intellectual property
  • (motion picture, countable) interpositive
  • (baseball, countable, invariant)
  • (biology, uncountable) immunoprecipitation

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Internet, networking) Internet Protocol
  • (cryptography) initial permutation

    • Derived terms

    * (Internet Protocol)

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (en-abbr)
  • (grammar, X-bar theory) (Inflectional phrase)

    • Hypernyms

    * XP

    Anagrams

    *