James gets a job at a multinational corporation. On his first day at work, he finds out that the numerical code assigned by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers $($ICANN$)$ to his computer system is $115\mathrm{.}248\mathrm{.}178\mathrm{.}233.$ This numerical code is referred to as a$($n$)$

Internet Protocol address

virtual path identifier

Ethernet address

data link connection identifier