Domain Name - An Introduction

A domain name is a name that identifies one or morebe 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 keyoriginally 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 formatregistered 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 tofor 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 veryindividual or business may now register a .org domain
competitive with many thousands of servicesname.
operating around the world.Domain name can also be assigned using country
Domain names now have many forms known as Topextensions. Each country has its own domain
Level Domain Types or TLD's. The best known TLDextension, for example for India it is "in", for Canada
remains .com but regional names are a rapidlyit is "ca", for Japan it is ".jp" etc..
growing area such as .co.uk'sIn addition to this, there is other domain name that
Discount Domains is a leading UK domain namehas been designed for specific use only and they are
registration service and offers web hosting and webnot 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 agenciesmost visible and talked-about extensions, they are
.edu - Educational institutionsnot the only ones available for use. From a functional
.org - Organizations (nonprofit)perspective, country-level domains work just as well
.mil - Militaryas any TLDs, and alternative extensions work just as
.com - commercial businesswell. Therefore, don't necessarily settle for a
.net - Network organizationsmediocre TLD when you can get a better one using
.ca - Canadaa different extension.
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.COM: - Short for .commercial. Domain names with thewith no syntax changes.
.com extension are by far the most popular, and can