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What is a domain name?
The unique name that identifies an Internet site. Domain Names always have 2 or
more parts, separated by dots. The part on the left is the most specific, and the
part on the right is the most general.
A given machine may have more than one Domain Name but a given Domain Name points
to only one machine. For example, the domain names: yahoo.com mail.yahoo.com workshop.yahoo.com
can all refer to the same machine, but each domain name can refer to no more than
one machine. Usually, all of the machines on a given Network will have the same
thing as the right-hand portion of their Domain Names (yahoo.com in the examples
above).
It is also possible for a Domain Name to exist but not be connected to an actual
machine. This is often done so that a group or business can have an Internet e-mail
address without having to establish a real Internet site. In these cases, some real
Internet machine must handle the mail on behalf of the listed Domain Name.
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