What is a Web Address?
What’s in a name? The URL (uniform resource locator) is just a technical word that means the address to a web page on the WWW. A domain name is one example of an URL. ( tells the browser that the document is located on a web pagehttp:// and others are the domain extension What is a web Address?
Examples of Internet Domains ftp://abcdomain.com Internet protocol Internet designation domain name domain extension
Internet Protocol Def. a set of rules or standard designed so that computers can exchange information with a minimum of errors. Examples: http, ftp, telnet, gopher,
Internet Designation Additional information that provides more information about a web address. Example: www
Domain Name This is the specific name that has been registered by an individual or corporation. Examples: sutfin.com
Domain Extension Describes the type of domain. Domain types are typically reserved for specific categories of organizations. Examples include:.com.net.org
Major Domain Extensions.com - typically used for commercial companies who offer goods on the Internet or.org - typically reserved for non-profit organizations.net - typically reserved for companies that provide network services.edu - reserved for higher education organizations typically four year universities.gov - reserved for government offices
Additional Domain name extensions ae United Arab Emirates ai Anguilla ar Argentine Republic arpa Advanced Projects Research Agency at Austria au Australia be Belgium bg Bulgaria bh Finland bm Bermuda bo Bolivia br Brazil ca Canada ch Switzerland cl Chile cn People's Republic of China co Colombia com Commercial cr Costa Rica cy Cyprus cz Czech Republic de Federal Republic of Germany dk Denmark do Dominican Republic ec Ecuador edu Education ee Estonia eg Arab Republic of Egypt es Spain fi Finland fj Fiji fo Faroe Islands fr France gb Great Britain ge Georgia gl Greenland gov Government gr Greece gu Guam hk Hong Kong (Hisiangkang, Xianggang) hr Croatia / Hrvatska hu Hungary id Indonesia ie Ireland
Additional Domain name extensions il Israel in India int International is Iceland it Italian Republic jm Jamaica jo The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan jp Japan kr Korea kw Kuwait ky Cayman Islands kz Kazakhstan lc Saint Lucia li Principality of Liechtenstein lt Lithuania lu Grand Duchy of Luxembourg lv Latvia mil Military mo Macau (Ao-me'n) mt Malta mx United Mexican States my Malaysia net Network ni Nicaragua nl Netherlands no Norway nz New Zealand org Organization pa Panama pe Peru ph Philippines pl Poland pt Portuguese Republic ro Romainia ru Russian Federation se Sweden sg Singapore si Slovenia sk Slovakia su Union of Soviet Socialist Republics th Thailand tr Turkey tt Trinidad & Tobago tw Taiwan ua Ukraine ug Uganda uk United Kingdom of Great Britain us United States of America uy Uruguay ve Venezuela za South Africa zm Zambia