IP most often refers to: *

Intellectual property Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, co ...

, creations of the mind for which exclusive legal rights are recognized *

Internet Protocol The Internet Protocol (IP) is the network layer communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying datagrams across network boundaries. Its routing function enables internetworking, and essentially establishes the Internet. IP ...

, a set of rules for sending data across a network IP or Ip or ip may also refer to:

Businesses and organizations

* IP College (Indraprastha College for boys), a constituent college of the University of Delhi, New Delhi, India * Imperial Police, a former Indian police agency * '' Inicjatywa Pracownicza'' (Workers' Initiative), a Polish trade union *

International Paper The International Paper Company is an American pulp and paper company, the largest such company in the world. It has approximately 39,000 employees, and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. History The company was incorporated January 31 ...

, an American pulp and paper company *

Iraqi Police The Iraqi Police (IP) is the uniformed police force responsible for the enforcement of civil law in Iraq. Its organisation, structure and recruitment were guided by the Coalition Provisional Authority after the 2003 American invasion of Iraq, ...

* Atyrau Airways (IATA code: IP) * Italiana Petroli, an Italian petroleum brand owned by Anonima Petroli Italiana

Places

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, ...

, for Ipswich and surrounding areas, England * Ip, Sălaj, Romania * Ip (river), a river in Sălaj County, Romania * IP Casino Resort Spa, in Biloxi, Mississippi, US

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

Immunoprecipitation Immunoprecipitation (IP) is the technique of precipitating a protein antigen out of solution using an antibody that specifically binds to that particular protein. This process can be used to isolate and concentrate a particular protein from a sam ...

, a molecular biology technique * Incontinentia pigmenti, a genetic disorder *

Infundibulopelvic ligament The suspensory ligament of the ovary, also infundibulopelvic ligament (commonly abbreviated IP ligament or simply IP), is a fold of peritoneum that extends out from the ovary to the wall of the pelvis. Some sources consider it a part of the broa ...

, part of the female pelvis *

Interphalangeal joint (disambiguation) Interphalangeal joint may refer to: *Interphalangeal articulations of hand *Interphalangeal articulations of foot The interphalangeal joints of the foot are the joints between the phalanx bones of the toes in the feet. Since the great toe on ...

* Interventional pulmonology, a less invasive lung treatment than surgery * Intestinal permeability *

Intraperitoneal injection Intraperitoneal injection or IP injection is the injection of a substance into the peritoneum (body cavity). It is more often applied to non-human animals than to humans. In general, it is preferred when large amounts of blood replacement fluids ...

(IP injection), the injection of a substance into the peritoneum *

Prostacyclin receptor The prostacyclin receptor, also termed the prostaglandin I2 receptor or just IP, is a receptor belonging to the prostaglandin (PG) group of receptors. IP binds to and mediates the biological actions of prostacyclin (also termed prostaglandin I2, ...

(symbol PTGIR, older synonym IP)

Computing

IP address An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label such as that is assigned to a device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. IP addresses serve two main functions: network interface i ...

, a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network *

IP (complexity) In computational complexity theory, the class IP (which stands for interactive proof) is the class of problems solvable by an interactive proof system. It is equal to the class PSPACE. The result was established in a series of papers: the first by ...

, a class in computational complexity theory * IP core (intellectual property core), a reusable design unit owned by one party *

Instruction pointer The program counter (PC), commonly called the instruction pointer (IP) in Intel x86 and Itanium microprocessors, and sometimes called the instruction address register (IAR), the instruction counter, or just part of the instruction sequencer, is ...

, a processor register * Intelligent Peripheral, a part of a public telecommunications

Intelligent Network The Intelligent Network (IN) is the standard network architecture specified in the ITU-T Q.1200 series recommendations. It is intended for fixed as well as mobile telecom networks. It allows operators to differentiate themselves by providing ...

Image processing An image or picture is a visual representation. An image can be two-dimensional, such as a drawing, painting, or photograph, or three-dimensional, such as a carving or sculpture. Images may be displayed through other media, including a pr ...

* ip, a Linux command in the

iproute2 iproute2 is a collection of userspace utilities for controlling and monitoring various aspects of networking in the Linux kernel, including routing, network interfaces, tunnels, traffic control, and network-related device drivers. Project ...

collection

Other science and technology

IP code The IP code or International Protection code indicates how well a device is protected against water and dust. It is defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) under the international standard IEC 60529 which classifies ...

(Ingress Protection code), an equipment protection classification scheme *

Identified patient Identified patient (IP) is a clinical term often used in family therapy discussion. It describes one family member in a dysfunctional family who is used as an expression of the family's authentic inner conflicts. As a family system is dynamic, th ...

, a psychology term * Identity preserved, an agricultural designation *

Induced polarization Induced polarization (IP) is a geophysical imaging technique used to identify the electrical chargeability of subsurface materials, such as ore. The polarization effect was originally discovered by Conrad Schlumberger when measuring the resist ...

, a geophysical imaging technique *

Intercept point The intermodulation intercept point in electronics is a measure of an electrical device's linearity. When driven by two sinusoidal waveforms, it is the theoretical power level at which the power of the desired tone and the nth-order (where n is od ...

, a measure in amplifiers and mixers * Ion plating, a chemical process

Law and government

Indian Preference Indian Preference, also known as Indian Preference in hiring, refers to employment policies which aim to increase representation of American Indians within certain workplaces, particularly within organizations dedicated to the welfare of American In ...

, employment practices giving priority in hiring to American Indians *

Inspector of Police Inspector, also police inspector or inspector of police, is a police rank. The rank or position varies in seniority depending on the organization that uses it. Australia The rank of Inspector is present in all Australian police forces excep ...

, a rank in police forces of India. *

Industrial property Industrial property is one of two subsets of intellectual property (the other being copyright), it takes a range of forms, including patents for inventions, industrial designs (aesthetic creations related to the appearance of industrial produc ...

, similar to intellectual property but including trademarks and excluding artistic copyright *

Insolvency practitioner In the United Kingdom, only an authorised or licensed insolvency practitioner (IP) may be appointed in relation to formal insolvency procedures. Quite often IPs have an accountant, accountancy background. A few active practitioners are lawyers, ...

, a legal specialist *

Industrial policy Industrial policy is proactive government-led encouragement and development of specific strategic industries for the growth of all or part of the economy, especially in absence of sufficient private sector investments and participation. Historica ...

, a country's effort to encourage the development of certain sectors of the economy * Integrated project (EU), a type of research project * Immunity passport * I/P, sometimes used as shorthand for the

Israeli–Palestinian conflict The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is an ongoing military and political conflict about Territory, land and self-determination within the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine. Key aspects of the conflict include the Israeli occupation ...

Other uses

* Ip (cuneiform) * Ip (surname) *

Inflectional phrase In linguistics, X-bar theory is a model of phrase structure and a theory of syntactic category formation that proposes a universal schema for how phrases are organized. It suggests that all phrases share a common underlying structure, regardless ...

, a functional phrase that has inflectional properties *

Innings pitched In baseball, the statistic innings pitched (IP) is the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of Batter (baseball), batters and baserunners that have been put out while the pitcher is on the Baseball field#Pitcher's mou ...

, a baseball statistic *

Integrated Programme The Integrated Programme (IP) is a scheme that allows high-performing students in secondary schools in Singapore to skip the GCE Ordinary Level (O-Level) examination (typically taken by students at the end of their fourth or fifth year in secon ...

, an academic scheme in Singapore * '' Internationale Politik'', a German political journal * Item and Process, a linguistic method to describe phenomena of

allomorphy In linguistics, an allomorph is a variant phonetic form of a morpheme, or in other words, a unit of meaning that varies in sound and spelling without changing the meaning. The term ''allomorph'' describes the realization of phonological variatio ...