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Before talking more about a domain name, we should first understand how computers actually connect with one another in a virtual world called the Internet.

06 Dec

Understanding what domain name is

Posted in on 06.12.10

Before talking more about a domain name, we should first understand how computers actually connect with one another in a virtual world called the Internet. You may have heard about an IP address which is a row of numbers that serves as a fingerprint for a name of the website. The principle works just like a fingerprint that provides uniqueness so that none are exactly the same address on the internet. IP address looks like 192.15.37.5 and with various combinations; each person who has website will particularly have this address.

The domain name is actually the unique name that represents the numbers of IP address easier to memorize and read by human. When people access your site, indeed they give command to do domain search and what they actually do is giving command to the computer to perform the process of finding the IP of your website. Technically, step by step process of domain name search is a computer user will make requests the sites via web browser with domain names and then local host queries the name server. If the requested IP does not work then it will continue the query invoked other servers that are available in the entire world and eventually you will see the website address in your browser or an error message occurred.

A domain name is a unique character that different from each other, can not consist of spaces or symbols. To get this character you must become a domain name registrant through buying domain from domain sellers who will register your domain called the registrar. Next you need to buy web hosting to put your documents as html text or file which can be accessed from the entire world through the internet.
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