Dirección IP Es un número que identifica, de manera lógica y jerárquica, a una Interfaz en red (elemento de comunicación/conexión) de un dispositivo (computadora, tableta, portátil, teléfono inteligente) que utilice el protocolo IP o (Internet Protocol), que corresponde al nivel de red del modelo TCP/IP. La dirección IP no debe confundirse con la dirección MAC, que es un identificador de 48 bits expresado en código hexadecimal, para identificar de forma única la tarjeta de red y no depende del protocolo de conexión utilizado en la red.

IP address is a numerical identification (logical address) that is assigned to devices participating in a computer network utilizing the Internet Protocol for communication between its nodes.[1] Although IP addresses are stored as binary numbers, they are usually displayed in human-readable notations,such as 208.77.188.166 (for IPv4), and 2001:db8:0:1234:0:567:1:1 (for IPv6). The role of the IP address has been characterized as follows: A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how to get there. [2]
The original designers of TCP/IP defined an IP address as a 32-bit number[1] and this system, now named Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4), is still in use today. However, due to the enormous growth of the Internet and the resulting depletion of the address space, a new addressing system (IPv6).