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What is a domain name?

A domain name is known technically as a“uniform resource locator” or “URL.”  Thedomain name locates and identifies a particular web page on the Internet.


Every domain name has a suffix that indicateswhich top level domain (TLD) it belongs to. There are currently only a limitednumber of such domains. For example: