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An '''IP address''' ([[Internet Protocol]] address) is a unique number, similar in concept to a telephone number, used by machines (usually [[computers]]) to refer to each other when sending information through the [[Internet]]. This allows machines passing the information onwards on behalf of the sender to know where to send it next, and for the machine receiving the information to know that it is the intended destination.