What Is A Domain Name

W hen I started my              address) and then looked up in     "internet career" not         the global Domain Name System      long ago, I just did not      which informs the computer of the  know what a Domain Name was. So,      IP address(es) with that name.     I write this article for the                                             benefit of those who are like me      - the product that registrars      when I first started. Be sure to      provide to their customers.        look out for more of my articles                                         under this topic.                     - a name looked up in the DNS for                                        other purposes.                    A domain name is really just your                                        address on the Internet. It's         - They are sometimes colloquially  where people can find you, and it     (and incorrectly) referred to by   serves as your online identity.       marketers as "Web addresses".      Businesses typically register                                            domain names with their company       - The authoritative definition is  name and sometimes also register      that given in the RFCs that        their product names. Individuals      define the DNS.                    often register family names or                                           names that have a personal            - Domain names are hostnames that  interest to them.                     provide more easily memorable                                            names to stand in for numeric IP   The term domain name has multiple     addresses. They allow for any      meanings:                             service to move to a different                                           location in the topology of the    Domain Name System                    Internet (or another internet),                                          which would then have a different  - a name that is entered into a       IP address.                        computer (e.g. as part of a Web                                          site or other URL, or an e-mail       - Each string of letters, digits   and hyphens between the dots is       Originally labels must start with  called a label in the parlance of     a letter, and end with a letter    the domain name system (DNS).         or digit; any intervening          Valid labels are subject to           characters may be letters,         certain rules, which have relaxed     digits, or hyphens.                over the course of time.                                              About the Author: Sinta is a Full Time Adsense Publisher and She Makes her living from Adsense. She is passionate about sharing her Adsense Knowledge: http://www.mydomainname101.com http://domain.mydomainname101.com http://webhosting.mydomainname101.com http://www.mydomainname101.com/adsense_technique.htm Read more articles by: Shana Shane Article Source: www.iSnare.com