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11. What is a TLD/What does TLD mean?

October 16

TLD means Top Level Domain.

All domains have a TLD and it is the .net, .com, .org, .biz, .info, etc., portion of a domain name. The term TLD refers to any (or all) of the top-level domain names. You may also see references to Country Specific TLD’s. Country specific domains are controlled by the country (or company authorized by the country) in which they refer. I.E.

  1. .us TLD for United States,
  2. .mx TLD for Mexico,
  3. .uk TLD for United Kingdom,
  4. .in for India.

All domains in all TLD’s can be accessed, in the same fashion, using a browser.

One of the initial ideas behind differing TLD’s was to distinguish between different organization types to make retrieval of information faster. Though some TLD’s like .edu (for educational organization) require validation for using the TLD, others like .com (for commercial) can and are used for nearly any purpose.

 

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5. What is a second-level domain name?

October 16

A second-level domain name is the first level at which a domain name may be registered. The TLD (.com, .net, .org, etc) is the first level of a domain name but these cannot be registered to anyone.

Located immediately to the left of the dot (” . “), the second-level domain is the “readable” part of the domain name. The second-level domain is entirely defined by the registrant.

For example: In cnn.com, “cnn” is a second-level domain name.

Second-level domains can be divided into further domain levels.

For example: sportsillustrated.cnn.com. These third-level domains sometimes represent different computer servers within departments.

 

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2. Why were Domain Names or web addresses developed?

October 16

Domain Names correspond to a series of numbers called Internet protocol numbers that serve as routing addresses on the Internet. IP addresses are hard to remember therefore web addresses were developed to permit the use of easily remembered words.

 

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1. What is a Domain Name?

October 16

A domain name is a unique alpha-numeric name used to identify a particular computer (i.e. web server or mail server) on the Internet.

Domain names allow Internet users to type in a name, such as myname.com, to identify a numeric address such as 207.228.225.56. The purpose of domain names is to allow ordinary users connected to the Internet to find web sites and send email to addresses with familiar names such as “myname.com” without having to memorize the numerical addresses that actually locate the computers or servers on the Internet.


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