The Internet Protocol (IP) is a data-oriented protocol used by source and destination hosts for communicating data across a packet-switched internetwork. Data in an IP internetwork are sent in blocks referred to as packets or datagrams (the terms are basically synonymous in IP).

a backbone infrastructure that utilizes the TCP/IP protocol to deliver voice, data and video signals

a dumb network comprised of generic switches that handle only transport

a network in which transmission of information is done using IP protocol (e.g. Internet network)

network using Internet Protocol.

a network that uses IP; for example the Internet is a public IP network.

The Internet Protocol (IP) is the method by which data is sent from one computer to another on the Internet. Every computer on the Internet has a unique IP address (usually something like 12.345.67.89) that distinguishes it from all other computers on the Internet. So VoIP is simply a way of changing voice to data and sending it over this IP-based system instead of the traditional PSTN system. ::  Close

A network t hat uses the TCP/IP protocol.

A packet-oriented network designed to transport packets of data between systems. Systems are assigned IP addresses that identify them to the IP network.