Goldman Sachs sent $4.3 billion in federal tax money to 32 entities, including many overseas banks, hedge funds and pensions, according to information made public Friday night. Goldman Sachs disclosed the list of companies to the Senate Finance Committee after a threat of subpoena from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Ia.
IP address is short for Internet Protocol (IP) address. 1  IP specifies the format of packets, also called datagrams, and the addressing scheme. 2  An IP address is an identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. 3  Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination.
But even though words become commonplace, people often don't know what they really mean. But they should. An IP address, for instance, is a ubiquitous part of the online experience, but few know what it is. And, even scarier, many don't know the kind of information IP addresses can reveal. At its core, an IP address is an online unique identifier. Every computer has its own IP address, and it is through this naming system that computers can connect with each other and share data. A standard IP address (using what's known as the IPv4 protocol) contains four individual numbers separated by a decimal.