What is a domain (domain name) and what does it do?

A domain (domain name) is the website address typed into the address bar of an internet browser. So, what is a domain and what does it do? Here is what you need to know...

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What is a domain (domain name) and what does it do?

The internet is a massive computer network connected worldwide by cables.

Every computer on this network communicates with the others. Computers on the network have an identity called an IP address.

Each IP address corresponds to a computer on the network and consists of numbers. IP addresses are difficult to remember, but this problem is eliminated with a domain.

IT HAS DIFFERENT EXTENSIONS

Domains have different extensions. Today, the most popular domain extension is the .com extension. However, there are many other different domain extensions such as .org, .net, .tv, and .io.

Domain Name: This is the actual name of the website. For example, "12punto" is a domain name.

It is known that there are currently more than 350 million registered domain names, and thousands are added to this number every day.

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