What is Domain Name?

Posted by admin | Posted in About Websites, GoWeb99 | Posted on 05-11-2009-05-2008

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Domain name is a name that identifies one or more IP (Internet Protocol) address.

For example, the domain name goweb99.com represents about a dozen IP addresses. Domain names are used in URLs to identify particular Web pages. For example, in the URL http://www.goweb99.com/index.php, the domain name is goweb99.com.

Internet is based on IP addresses not the domain names, every Web server requires a Domain Name System (DNS) server to translate domain names into IP addresses.

Every domain name has a suffix that indicates which (TLD) top level domain it belongs to. There are only a limited number of such domains. For example:

  • gov – Government agencies
  • edu – Educational institutions
  • org – Organizations (nonprofit)
  • co.in – India
  • com – commercial business
  • net – Network organizations
  • ca – Canada
  • co.au - Australia 

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