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19-Jul-2007
Internationalised Domain Names Considered by ICANN
Currently, there are 37 characters which can be used to make up domain names: the Latin letters A-Z, the Arabic numbers 0-9, and the hyphen. The problem is that this leaves a vast proportion of the world's population on th...
13-Jul-2007
Top-Level Domains
The top-level domain or TLD is the last part of a domain name: .com and .us are examples. .com is the most popular and memorable TLD, ...
09-Jul-2007
Transfer Your Web Hosting the Right Way
By: Derek Vaughan You've heard the horror stories, and lived through your own: web hosting providers that didn't live up to your expectations. Reasons often stated for switching hosting companies include - additional features not available, technical support not able...
05-Jul-2007
Understanding and choosing a domain name
Author: Ispas Marin A domain name is basically a succession of characters that are entered into a computer as part of a website, URL, or an email address and then looked up into the global Domain Name System, which informs the computer of the IP address with that nam...
04-Jul-2007
Know How Domain Name Servers Work
Pawan Bangar Domain name Servers Domain name Servers (DNS) are an important but invisible part of the internet, and form one of the largest databases on it. Each machine on an internet is assigned a unique address, called an IP address, which is 32 bit numb...
04-Jul-2007
Domain Name Basics
Why do domain names exist? Domain names are necessary because the addresses with which computers on the vast network of the Internet actually communicate are IP addresses: strings of twelve numbers (arranged as ###.###.###.###), which of course are very difficult t...
04-Jul-2007
Domain Questions
1. A domain name is the name that identifies a web site. Your domain name in the online world is the equivalent of our retail name and address in the real world. It is your address because it shows customers and computers online where to find your site, store, products etc. It...
02-Jul-2007
ICANN
Once upon a time, Network Solutions was the sole organisation responsible for domain name registration management. However, in 1998, the US government called for a not-for-profit organisation to be ...