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Internet Protocol
     
         (IP) The {network layer} for the {TCP/IP}
        {protocol} suite widely used on {Ethernet} networks, defined
        in {STD} 5, {RFC} 791.  IP is a {connectionless},
        {best-effort} {packet switching} protocol.  It provides
        {packet} {routing}, {fragmentation} and re-assembly through
        the {data link layer}.
     
        IPv4 is the version in widespread use and {IPv6} is just
        beginning to come into use in 2000.
     
        [Other versions?  Dates?]
     
        (2000-12-19)