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Drop-Catching
Drop-Catching is the process of registering expired domain names by means of automated systems within a short period of time (even a fraction of a second) after being canceled by the registry. Simply put, the auto-registration of domains in the moment of their deletion. Drop-Catching is performed by various companies known as "drop-catchers". The process of drop-catching is different from registering expired or new domains. The main objective of drop-catching is to secure expired domain names once these are dropped from the domain registry. This process depends on instantaneous actions, so domainers must act as soon as possible in order to secure these domains. (Read the full article...)

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Name Collision
A Name Collision describes the circumstance in which a term attempting to reach a private Domain Name results in resolving to a public Domain Name unintentionally. Private domain names are used in Intranets and in many corporations and organizations throughout the world. A domain name on a private network that matches a name in the public Internet can create security risks, confusion, and systems failure. Although the Name Collision issue is not new, a renewed interest in the issue came about in 2013 as ICANN's New gTLD Program was preparing to delegate hundreds of new domain names to the Root Zone. The topic was debated fiercely within the ICANN community when a report by Interisle Consulting was prepared for and released by ICANN.

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-<big><b>[[Domain Name System]]</b></big>
+<big><b>[[Drop-Catching]]</b></big>
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-The [[Domain Name System]] (DNS) is the system used to translate alphanumeric domain names into [[Internet Protocol]] numbers. Simply put, the DNS converts the names typed in the Web browser address bar into [[IP Address]]es. The DNS is made up of many servers and databases which, through a series of lookups in various caches, configure [[Domain Name]]s into [[IP Address]]es. The Domain Name System is a distributed database arranged hierarchically; its purpose is to provide a layer of abstraction between Internet services (web, email, etc.) and the numeric addresses (IP addresses) used to uniquely identify any given machine on the Internet. The DNS associates a variety of information with the domain names assigned and, most importantly, translates the domain names meaningful to humans into the numerical identifiers that locate the desired destination.
+[[Drop-Catching]] is the process of registering expired [[domain name]]s by means of automated systems within a short period of time (even a fraction of a second) after being canceled by the registry. Simply put, the auto-registration of domains in the moment of their deletion. Drop-Catching is performed by various companies known as "drop-catchers". The process of drop-catching is different from registering expired or new domains. The main objective of drop-catching is to secure expired domain names once these are dropped from the domain [[registry]]. This process depends on instantaneous actions, so [[domainer]]s must act as soon as possible in order to secure these domains.
+<strong>([[Drop-Catching|Read the full article...]])</strong>
-<strong>([[DNS|Read the full article...]])</strong>
+<div style="float:right;"><small><strong>Related: [[Domain Name]] - [[Domainer]] - [[Registry]]</strong></small></div><div style="clear: left;"></div></div>
-<div style="float:right;"><small><strong>Related: [[Domain Name]] - [[IP Address]] - [[RFC]]</strong></small></div><div style="clear: left;"></div></div>
 <br /><div style="color: #FFF; background-color: #466f81; padding: 5px 10px; border: 1px solid #0d8323;"><big>Latest Feature</big></div><div style="padding: 10px;">