Web Hosting Glossary

Domain Name

A domain name is the internet address (location) at which web visitors can find a website.

It usually consists of a "www" prefix with a ".com" suffix.

Other common suffixes are ".net", ".org", etc. Geographical suffixes denoting specific nations are also available. For example, ".uk" represents United Kingdom. A website with a .uk suffix would be associated as a United Kingdom based or related site.

Domain names are tied to IP addresses in order for the computer to find the website. The nice domain names that we see, eg. www.domain.com could actually be represented by 202.121.44.34 - which is the actual address!