When a tech document states that something is IP-Aware was does that specifically mean?

I need a class room definition for IP-aware for a research assignment. I.E. something that would be used, lets say,开发者_JAVA技巧 in a dictionary. Does anyone know or provide me with a link to a defintiion, I am having no luck with searches. Are IP-Aware devices only devices that can read/find/make decisions based on IP addresses. For example a router would be one, but a network printer would not?

I've never come across the phrase "IP aware" specifically (though I've worked in networking for over ten years); I'm not sure that it has a generally-accepted meaning.

It's possible that some people/companies have given it a meaning for their products - can you provide the context in which you found the phrase?

(And are you sure it's to do with networking? For instance, "IP" often stands for "Intellectual Property".)