IP
Ideas legally protected
IP most commonly stands for Internet Protocol, the system that routes data across computer networks—hence IP address, the numerical label identifying a device online: What's your IP?
IP also abbreviates intellectual property, the legal category covering patents, copyrights, and trademarks: The studio guards its IP fiercely.
In entertainment, IP refers to franchises or characters with commercial value: Marvel IP dominates the box office. (Lowercase ip is nonstandard.)
Prescribed conduct rules
- TCPConnection-oriented network protocol
- UDPConnectionless transmission standard
- packetSmall sealed container
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
gateway · firewall · port · socket · header · routing · switching · network
Without motion or change
- dynamicActive and changing
- subnetNetwork address range subdivision
- DHCPIP address distributor
- DNSInternet naming protocol
hostname · localhost · loopback · public · private · NAT · allocation · assignment
Legal rights over inventions
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
- copyrightExclusive reproduction rights
- infringementViolation of rights
licensing · royalties · fair use · proprietary · trade secret · creative commons · piracy · authorship
protocol
Prescribed conduct rules
- TCPConnection-oriented network protocol
- UDPConnectionless transmission standard
- packetSmall sealed container
router · gateway · firewall · port · socket · header · routing · switching · network · layer
static
Without motion or change
DNS · hostname · localhost · loopback · public · private · NAT · allocation · assignment · geolocation
intellectual property
Legal rights over inventions
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
- copyrightExclusive reproduction rights
infringement · licensing · royalties · fair use · proprietary · trade secret · creative commons · piracy · authorship · monetization
- Network ProtocolsTCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP
- legallawyer, judge, jury, trial, verdict
- networksnetwork traffic, network security, MAN, PAN, cloud computing
- telecommunicationscell phone, cellphone, signals, cellular network, telephone calls
- intellectual propertypatents, copyright, patent, trademark, trademarks
- Tech AcronymsCPU, RAM, ROM, URL, HTML
Unprotected creative works
open source · creative commons · freeware · commons · generic
Measurable trait of matter
tangible property · real property · real estate · personal property · chattel
- IP addressDevice's unique network number
- IP addressesUnique device location codes
- IP rightsLegal ownership of creations
- IP cameraInternet-connected video device
- static IPPermanent device network address
- IP banDenying access by address