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Created page with 'A domain name is part of a URL and can be typed into a browser to find a particular web site. When a computer connects to the Internet, it does so with a unique [[IP Address…'
A domain name is part of a [[URL]] and can be typed into a browser to find a particular web site. When a computer connects to the Internet, it does so with a unique [[IP Address]]. Hence, finding a given computer on the intenet can be done by typing in it's [[IP Address]]. Because [[IP Address]]es can be difficult to remember, the [[DNS]] or domain name system was put in place to correlate [[IP Address]]es to domain names.
[[Category: Glossary]]
[[Category: Glossary]]