How Are Computers Named Physically
v The physical way to name computers is using an
Internet protocol address, or IP address
; boris.cs.washington.edu’s IP address is:  128.95.2.227
; cs.washington.edu’s IP address:            128.95.1.4
; washington.edu’s IP address:                 140.142.15.163
v The domain name system (DNS) associates human
readable names with the physical IP addresses for
use by the computers and routers of the Internet