A dedicated I.P address mens those address which is reserved just for you and as well as in other words it is dedicated to you. With a dedicated I.P. address your site is the only site hosted on the I.P. address.
you need to find out the services like private SSL, private name servers services and other services that you can not run from a shared I.P. address. To have your own web site you do not usually need a dedicated I.P. address.
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