The Magnificent Internet Protocol

The Internet protocol (IP) is the standard that governs activities related to network addressing and the movement of IP datagrams (network packets) between source and destination devices. Every IP datagram is based on a similar format or prototype, with certain mandatory placeholders or fields for information in its header. The information in these fields is necessary for the protocol to perform its various functions. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.