ICANN Terms: Difference between revisions
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====Domain Name==== | ====Domain Name==== | ||
*[[Domain Name]] – An identification string that represents an IP resource, such as a computer, website, or service. | *[[Domain Name]] – An identification string that represents an IP resource, such as a computer, website, or service. | ||
*[[ | *[[DNSSEC]] | ||
*[[IDN]] – An Internationalized Domain Names is formed using characters from different scripts, such as Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, or Devanagari. These are encoded by the Unicode standard following IDN protocol | *[[IDN]] – An Internationalized Domain Names is formed using characters from different scripts, such as Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, or Devanagari. These are encoded by the Unicode standard following IDN protocol | ||
*[[Internet Layer]] | *[[Internet Layer]] | ||
*[[IP]] – Internet Protocol is the means by which data is sent from one computer to another via an Internet connection. | *[[IP]] – Internet Protocol is the means by which data is sent from one computer to another via an Internet connection. | ||
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*[[IPv4]] | *[[IPv4]] | ||
*[[IPv6]] | *[[IPv6]] | ||
*[[TLD]] – The Top Level Domain is the last part of a domain name; see the main article for more info on types of TLDs. | |||
*[[WHOIS]] is a query and response protocol for querying databases that store the registered users or assignees of an Internet resource, such as a domain name, an IP address block or an autonomous system. | |||