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What are the basic parts to a domain name?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica_APLegal" data-source="post: 2283325" data-attributes="member: 322964456"><p>Domain names can often be confused with URLs by someone who doesn’t understand, but they are not the same. By understanding the basic domain name structure you can more easily figure out what your choice of domain name(s) could be, different choices, and/or variations that you might prefer. It's really pretty simple to catch on to quickly. The general domain name structure is:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(251, 160, 38)">Subdomain</span>.<span style="color: rgb(61, 142, 185)">Secondleveldomain</span>.<span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)">Topleveldomain</span></p><p></p><p>Every domain consists of at least two parts; the Second Level Domain and the Top Level Domain or TLD. Some common TLDs are; .com, .net, .org, etc. The period or dot ( . ) is a character and the element of the domain name structure which is used to mark the separation of the various <em>parts of</em> a domain name. A second level domain is a <em>member </em>of the TLD that you choose to use.</p><p></p><p>In some cases for the clarity of human reading, a hyphen ( - ) can be used to improve clarity for reading. While a hyphen can be used within the second level domain, it can not be at the beginning or the end of the domain. By adding one or more hyphen characters it changes the name to an entirely different second level domain name.</p><p></p><p>A <strong>sub domain</strong> is a name typically assigned to a server that operates within the addressing scheme of secondleveldomain.topleveldomain. Probably the most commonly used sub domain name is the "WWW". Domain-name <em>sections are </em>tallied from right to left. A sub domain is a potential third name element associated with a larger domain name.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica_APLegal, post: 2283325, member: 322964456"] Domain names can often be confused with URLs by someone who doesn’t understand, but they are not the same. By understanding the basic domain name structure you can more easily figure out what your choice of domain name(s) could be, different choices, and/or variations that you might prefer. It's really pretty simple to catch on to quickly. The general domain name structure is: [CENTER][COLOR=rgb(251, 160, 38)]Subdomain[/COLOR].[COLOR=rgb(61, 142, 185)]Secondleveldomain[/COLOR].[COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]Topleveldomain[/COLOR][/CENTER] Every domain consists of at least two parts; the Second Level Domain and the Top Level Domain or TLD. Some common TLDs are; .com, .net, .org, etc. The period or dot ( . ) is a character and the element of the domain name structure which is used to mark the separation of the various [I]parts of[/I] a domain name. A second level domain is a [I]member [/I]of the TLD that you choose to use. In some cases for the clarity of human reading, a hyphen ( - ) can be used to improve clarity for reading. While a hyphen can be used within the second level domain, it can not be at the beginning or the end of the domain. By adding one or more hyphen characters it changes the name to an entirely different second level domain name. A [B]sub domain[/B] is a name typically assigned to a server that operates within the addressing scheme of secondleveldomain.topleveldomain. Probably the most commonly used sub domain name is the "WWW". Domain-name [I]sections are [/I]tallied from right to left. A sub domain is a potential third name element associated with a larger domain name. [/QUOTE]
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