| A domain name is a name that identifies one or more | | | | be purchased by any individual or business. |
| IP address. These are mainly used in URLs to identify | | | | .NET: - Short for .network, this domain extension was |
| particular web page. Domain names are a key | | | | originally designed to be used by technical Web sites. |
| component to a web presence. | | | | However, domains using this extension can be |
| Basically, domain names convert the numerical format | | | | registered by anyone. |
| that computers use to identify a website into a text | | | | .ORG: - Short for .organization. Originally designated |
| based name that is easy for human users to | | | | for non-profit firms and any other organizations that |
| understand and recall. | | | | did not fit under the .com or .net extension, any |
| The domain registration market is now very | | | | individual or business may now register a .org domain |
| competitive with many thousands of services | | | | name. |
| operating around the world. | | | | Domain name can also be assigned using country |
| Domain names now have many forms known as Top | | | | extensions. Each country has its own domain |
| Level Domain Types or TLD's. The best known TLD | | | | extension, for example for India it is "in", for Canada |
| remains .com but regional names are a rapidly | | | | it is "ca", for Japan it is ".jp" etc.. |
| growing area such as .co.uk's | | | | In addition to this, there is other domain name that |
| Discount Domains is a leading UK domain name | | | | has been designed for specific use only and they are |
| registration service and offers web hosting and web | | | | not country specific and are accompanied by certain |
| design services as well as domains. | | | | restrictions. Despite, the above-mentioned categories |
| The various chief type of domain name: | | | | of domain names, .com, .net and .org are typically the |
| .gov - Government agencies | | | | most visible and talked-about extensions, they are |
| .edu - Educational institutions | | | | not the only ones available for use. From a functional |
| .org - Organizations (nonprofit) | | | | perspective, country-level domains work just as well |
| .mil - Military | | | | as any TLDs, and alternative extensions work just as |
| .com - commercial business | | | | well. Therefore, don't necessarily settle for a |
| .net - Network organizations | | | | mediocre TLD when you can get a better one using |
| .ca - Canada | | | | a different extension. |
| .th - Thailand | | | | REPRINT RIGHTS statement: This article is free for |
| .in- Indian | | | | republishing by visitors provided the Author Bio box is |
| .info- Information | | | | retained as usual so that all links are Active/Linkable |
| .COM: - Short for .commercial. Domain names with the | | | | with no syntax changes. |
| .com extension are by far the most popular, and can | | | | |