domain name

The address or URL of a particular Web site, it is the text name corresponding to the numeric IP address of a computer on the Internet. For example: www.netlingo.com is the domain name for the numeric IP address "66.201.69.207." There is an organization called InterNIC that registers domain names for a fee, to keep people from registering the same name. To register a domain name, you can contact a company (such as Network Solutions, Inc.) or you can ask your ISP or hosting company to register names for you.

There are many domain name suffixes, including:

• .com
• .net
• .org
• .edu
• .gov
• .mil
• .ac
• .arts
• .biz
• .firm
• .info
• .name
• .pro
• .rec
• .store
• .web
• .tv
• .aero
• .arpa
• .cat
• .coop
• .museum
• .int
• .jobs
• .mobi
• .travel
• .co
• and the list of country codes

BTW: Did you know the most popular domain-length is 11 characters, and there are more than 500 63-character domains registered, including DIDYOUKNOWTHATYOUCANONLYHAVESIXTY - THREECHARACTERSINADOMAIN - NAME.com ;-) Internet trivia!