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SynonymsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A domain name is an identification label to define a realm of administrative autonomy, authority, or control in the Internet, based on the Domain Name System (DNS). Domain names are used in various networking contexts and application-specific naming and addressing purposes. A prominent example are the top-level Internet domains (TLDs) com, net and org. Below these top-level domains in the DNS hierarchy are the second-level and third-level domain names that are open for reservation and registration by end-users that wish to connect local area networks to the Internet, run web sites, or create other publicly accessible Internet resources. The registration of these domain names is usually administered by domain name registrars who sell their services to the public. Individual Internet host computers use domain names as host identifiers, or hostnames. Hostnames are the leaf labels in the domain name system usually without further subordinate domain name space. Hostnames appear as a component in Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) for Internet resources such as web sites (e.g., en.wikipedia.org). Domain names are also used as simple identification labels to indicate ownership or control of a resource. Such examples are the realm identifiers used in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), the DomainKeys used to verify DNS domains in e-mail systems, and in many other Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs). An important purpose of domain names is to provide easily recognizable and memorizable names to numerically addressed Internet resources. This abstraction allows any resource (e.g., website) to be moved to a different physical location in the address topology of the network, globally or locally in an intranet. Such a move usually requires changing the IP address of a resource and the corresponding translation of this IP address to and from its domain name. This article primarily discusses the registered domain names, the domain names registered by domain name registrars to the public. The Domain Name System article discusses the technical facilities and infrastructure of the domain name space and the hostname article deals with specific information about the use of domain names as identifiers of network hosts. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What makes a domain name a successful business? Q. There are plenty of damin names out there with potential. Potential means nothing without a business plan. If you have a domain name that you feel is worth money, you are wrong. A domain name by itself is worthless unless there is someone out there who is willing to invest in it. Asked by teziomek_78 - Sat Jun 17 11:34:15 2006 - - 3 Answers - 2 Comments A. Making money from domain names is not limited anymore to the buying and selling of domain names. True, the true value of a domain name is hard to predict. Its value is dictated by the amount of money a person/organization is willing to pay for it. It's a hit and miss business - you may find some names you think are worth high only to find no takers. But the business of domain name has evolved. Before, your only option is to buy a domain name, and wait for someone interested to buy it. Now you can earn money from your domain names without selling them. All you have to do it to put advertising on it. Google has a domain park program where you can put Adsense ads on your domain. And wait for type in traffic (those who type in the URL and… [cont.] Answered by imisidro - Sun Jun 18 12:11:30 2006 How to change a registered domain name to another registrar? Q. Someone I cannot have any relationship with anymore bought me the domain for my website. I am an author and there has been plenty of hits now on my website, so I don't want to change it. Anyone know the process for having the domain transfered into my name from the original purchaser's? Any ideas at all on this will be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Asked by PoetForPeace - Sun May 11 22:52:50 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. You should get an email with the authorization code from the seller or original registrar of the purchased domain name. You will need to use that code to accept the transfer. And the seller will have to confirm the transfer on his end to make it faster. Otherwise you typically have a bit of a wait period when transfering between registrars. You can learn alot from chatting with other domainers live. That's what I do.. lol I listed my source :) Answered by Bingo Night Numbers - Tue May 13 07:39:50 2008 What is a domain name and how do I go about getting one?
Q. I am doing a research project for my class and I need to answer this question: "What is a domain name and how do I go about getting one?" I read a few articles, but no one gives me, an average computer dummy:), a simple and full answer. Thanks in advance! Asked by Oblivion - Mon Oct 13 21:01:34 2008 - - 2 Answers - 1 Comments A. A domain name is a web address like www.google.com. It is used in place of an IP address to locate a remote server/computer. To get one, you can either a) purchase it directly from ICANN (costs lots of money, not easy to do) , or b) pay a registrar (such as godaddy.com or 1&1.com) a small fee (mine is like $5.00 /yr) to hold a domain name for you. While you continue to pay that fee, the domain is registered in your name and is yours to use as you wish. Answered by random_guy7531 - Mon Oct 13 21:07:20 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "domain name"  news.google.com Domain Name Wire In May the domain name Tweet.me sold for $11505 at Sedo. At the time, I wrote: I'ma bit concerned about all of the services popping up that use variants of ... and more » news.google.com Global Gold Internet Services Companies are attempting to file trademarks for top level domain names (TLD), even though applications are yet to be accepted, it has been reported. ... and more » news.google.com Domain Name Wire Combined Insurance Group Ltd has lost two domain name battles for seemingly generic domains, CheapAutoInsurance.com and CheapAutosInsurance.com. ... and more » From Google News Search: "domain name"  order-xenical-online.org 147px x 200px | 11.40kB [source page] Domain Registration Registering your domain is an important part of protecting your business and start your internet venture Your domain name reflects your business identity your  data-recovery-software.org 127px x 200px | 7.40kB [source page] IR Domain Registration Iran Domain Name IR ir domain ir IR ir domain ir domain name IR domain registration Iran domain IR Domain Registration Iran Domain Name IR by  natewhitehill.com 80px x 491px | 16.50kB [source page] There is a great blog tagging game going around right now This comes from Gary Lee Gary came up with the idea for a My Name is a Domain Name list From Yahoo Image Search: "domain name"  techfilipino.com Francis Simisim hu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:40 GM With my TLD (Top Level . Domain Names. ) investments, I wasn't able to get any Premium . domain names. . But being a .PH domainer, I was able to grab a lot of premium . domain names. in the ccTLD (Country Code Top Level . Domain Names. ) as the market ...  dotweekly.com Jamie Zoch ue, 30 Jun 2009 21:23:56 GM services Sedo.com and Afternic.com while listing . domain names. for sale. When an offer does come in using these services, the seller is at large disadv.  domainnews.com (DKD DomainNews) Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:33:50 GM The . Domain. Roundtable Extended Auction on Aftermarket. com ended yesterday at 5 pm . Although there are many . domain names. which reached their reserve price, there are some other interesting . domain. . From Google Blog Search: "domain name"
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