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WHAT IS A DOMAIN NAME:
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A name that identifies one or more IP addresses. For example, the domain name microsoft.com represents about a dozen IP addresses. Domain names are used in URLs to identify particular Web pages. For example, in the URL http://microsoft.com, the domain name is microsoft.com. Every domain name has a suffix that indicates which top level domain (TLD) it belongs to. There are only a limited number of such domains. For example:
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gov - Government agencies
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edu - Educational institutions
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org - Organizations (nonprofit)
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mil - Military
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com - commercial business
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net - Network organizations
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ca - Canada
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th - Thailand
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Because the Internet is based on IP addresses, not domain names, every Web server requires a Domain Name System (DNS) server to translate domain names into IP addresses