What is a domain?
A domain is a name that uniquely identifies the Internet at a company, association or private (eg zeep.it).
The first letters in a domain name represents the communication protocol (usually www for web sites), the last letters, also called extension, indicate the country or type of organization.
Here are some examples of extensions used:
. with initially designed for business and commercial activities - have no restrictions, can be recorded from any natural or legal
. org initially designed for organizations - has no limitations, can be recorded from any natural or legal
. net designed initially for the activities connected to the Internet - has no limitations, can be recorded from any natural or legal
. it is the Italian nationality in scope - can be recorded from persons, companies, government agencies, professional associations and
. eu is the top-level-domain of the European Union, can be recorded from persons, companies, government agencies, professional associations and
The name of a domain is technically a name associated with an IP address.
When prompted for a user to connect to a site by typing the name servers called Domain Name Server (DNS) translates the domain corresponding IP address.
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