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Domain | ||
A website is uniquely idenfied by a domain name.
A domain has two parts (f.e. www.whatishttp.com): a) whatishttp - This is the first part of the domain and can be your name or your company name b) com - This is called the extension. Other extensions are: .net, .org, .biz, .info, mobi., .gov, .edu Domain Abbreviations .com - Commerce .net - Network .org - Organization .biz - Business .info - Information .mobi - sites easy viewed on mobile devices .gov - Government .edu - Education .at - country code for Austria. .be - country code for Belgium .co.nz - country code for New Zealand. .co.uk - country code for the United Kingdom .uk.com - alternate domain for the United Kingdom .de - country code for Germany .de.com - alternate domain for Germany .eu - country code for the European Union .eu.com - alternate domain for the European Union .us - American Web sites .us.com - alternate domain for the United States |
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WhoIs Server | ||
WHOIS is a protocol based on the TCP (transfer control) protocol. WHOIS can be used to obtain contact information about the owner of a domain. WHOIS is specified in RFC 3912.
Check out this application which uses the WHOIS protocol: Fast Whois |
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