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A domain is a name that identifies a computer or computers on the internet. These names appear as a component of a Web site's URL, e.g. www.wikipedia.org. This type of domain name is also called a hostname.
The most common types of domain names are hostnames that provide more memorable names to stand in for numeric IP addresses. They allow for any service to move to a different location in the topology of the Internet (or an intranet), which would then have a different IP address.
By allowing the use of unique alphabetical addresses instead of numeric ones, domain names allow Internet users to more easily find and communicate with web sites and other server-based services. The flexibility of the domain name system allows multiple IP addresses to be assigned to a single domain name, or multiple domain names to be assigned to a single IP address. This means that one server may have multiple roles (such as hosting multiple independent Web sites), or that one role can be spread among many servers. One IP address can also be assigned to several servers, as used in anycast and hijacked IP space.
Hostnames are restricted to the ASCII letters "a" through "z' (case-insensitive), the digits "0" through "9", and the hyphen, with some other restrictions. Registrars restrict the domains to valid hostnames, since, otherwise, they would be useless. The Internationalized domain name (IDN) system has been developed to bypass the restrictions on character allowances in hostnames, making it easier for non-english alphabets to use the Internet. The underscore character is frequently used to ensure that a domain name is not recognized as a hostname, for example with the use of SRV records, although some older systems, such as NetBIOS did allow it. Due to confusion and other reasons, domain names with underscores in them are sometimes used where hostnames are required
.aero
for the air transport industry
.biz
for business use
.cat
for Catalan language/culture
.com
for commercial organizations, but unrestricted
.coop
for cooperatives
.edu
for post-secondary educational establishments
.gov
for governments and their agencies in the United States
.info
for informational sites, but unrestricted
.int
for international organizations established by treaty
.jobs
for employment-related sites
.mil
for the US military
.mobi
for sites catering to mobile devices
.museum
for museums
.name
for families and individuals
.net
originally for network infrastructures, now unrestricted
.org
for organizations, now unrestricted
.pro
for certain professions
.tel
for services in telephone network and the Internet
.travel
for travel agents, airlines, hoteliers, tourism bureaus, etc
