Definitions
Information technology
An address is
- A character or group of characters that identifies a register, a particular part of storage, or some other data source or destination.
- A label that is assigned to a device or item of data to identify its location.
Internet
“ | There are three types of addresses in common use within the Internet. They are email address; IP, internet or Internet address; and hardware or MAC address.[1] | ” |
Telecommunications
An address is the coded representation of the source or destination of a message.
References
- ↑ RFC 1392, Internet Glossary (Jan. 1993).