Domains
This part of the site deals with domains, i.e. domain names.
"A domain name is an identification label to define a realm of administrative autonomy, authority, or control in the Internet, based on the Domain Name System (DNS)". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name.
In other words it is the name of the web address. Not necessarily the name of your website though, as you can have a web address called gerryslibrary.com and still call it Mary's Library if you want. the .com .net .org etc. are known as TLDs. TLD stands for Top Level Domains. To explain further makes things unnecessarily complicated. But, iIf you want more, just click on the link to wikipedia above. However, you do not need to know any more and we are going to concentrate on what you do need to know.
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Registering Your Domain Name
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