An IP address is a unique numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. IP addresses serve two main functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing.
There are two main types of IP addresses: IPv4 and IPv6. IPv4 addresses are the most common and are typically represented as four numbers separated by periods, such as “192.168.1.1”. IPv6 addresses are newer and are represented as eight groups of four hexadecimal digits, such as “2001:0db8:85a3:08d3:1319:8a2e:0370:7334”.