-- Posted by nativebeauty1416 at 7:43 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 Alright. I think this is in the right spot. can anyone explain to me what an IP Address is and what it does to your computer or whatever. -- Posted by Define Your Line at 7:44 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 Click here. -- Posted by kay dee at 7:44 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 Needs to be in Tech forums, I'm sure. It's just how you are ...shit...uh... seen? no... I dunno what word I'm looking for. But... it's how you're portrayed, I guess, on teh INTERWWEBZZ. -- Posted by stl man at 7:44 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 basically it is the id for your computer on the internet. if you are on the internet i think that they can track what city you're in -- Posted by greatescape at 7:44 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 It basically is unique to your connection.  Shows where you are and who you are as far as the internet goes. Which is why I proxy.  weeee -- Posted by Night Person at 7:44 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 it just makes ur computer chill as shit. the govt brings up ur social security number and scrables it for the same of protecting you. but they know its you -- Posted by dreamweaver at 7:48 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 It's your computer's identity which separates it from the other computes logging on. -- Posted by drifting at 7:50 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 Its how a computer is identified on a network. In the case of the internet, its how your network is identified on a system of networks. Your home network (even if its just one computer) would then also have its own system of IP addresses assigned to every device (Modem, router, computer, xbox, anything that connects to the network) -- Posted by LittleNutTammi at 7:57 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 It's like your computers telephone number.   Then the DNS system is like a phonebook so that you don't have to remember numbers, but rather can use words. -- Posted by stratocaster69 at 7:55 pm on Oct. 18, 2008 an address to you computer basically