What is Domain Name
Written by Hodago on 10:22 AM A domain name is the core of your online identity. It is the address your customers, friends, and family will use to find information about your products and services on the web. Your domain name is yours entirely because once you complete the domain register process, no other party may use the same domain name. A Domain name is the essence of your company's online identity. It is your permanent address that can follow you no matter where you are located. This is a very powerful tool for individuals as well as businesses.
Computers connected to the Internet have unique numerical addresses so that electronic information is delivered to the right place. The domain name system (DNS) translates the numerical addresses of computers into more user-friendly names. The resulting domain names are easier to remember and help people to find information on the Internet.
Domain names are used to identify particular web pages. For example, in the web site address "http://example.com/index.html" the domain name is example.com.
Domain names are also used in e-mail addresses, for example, user@example.com, that enable people to send and receive electronic messages.
Domain names allow Internet users to type in a name, such as www.urlsoftware.com, to identify a numeric Internet Protocol (IP) address such as 69.93.6.178. The purpose of Domain name is to allow users connected to the Internet the ability to find web sites without having to memorize the long, numerical (IP) addresses that actually locate the computers or servers on the Internet.
Domain names always have 2 or more parts, separated by periods (called dots). The part on the left is the most specific, and the part on the right is the most general. Domain names can simply be thought of as your Internet address.
TLD's (Top Level Domains) are the top level in the hierarchy of the Domain Name System. In the example "domain.com" the ".com" is the Top Level Domain.
TLD's in general are often referred to as the Namespace. For example the domain name domain.info is part of the .info namespace.
1. The most common are gTLD's (generic Top Level Domains), such as .Com, .Net, .Org., and now .Info. Anyone is authorized to register domain names in a TLD namespace.
2. rTLD's (restricted Top Level Domains) such as .Biz and .US only allow people who meet certain criteria to register domain names, such as Business related sites for .Biz.
3. ccTLD's (country code Top Level Domains) such as .in (India) are individually assigned to countries and their dependencies. Each country sets specific registration criteria.
Every TLD Registry - generic, restricted, or country code - has its own prices, policies, and procedures that Registrants are subject to.
In the Domain Name System the level of the hierarchy underneath the Top Level Domains is called "second level domains." In the example domain name "Domain.com" the "Domain" part is the second level domain. Second level domain names are what you register in the Top Level Domain Registry database using the services of the Registrar.
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