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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 uses a unique [[IP Address]].  Hence, finding a given computer on the Internet can be done by typing in the [[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.<ref>[http://www.techterms.com/definition/domainname Domain Name Definition]</ref>
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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 uses a unique [[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.<ref>[http://www.techterms.com/definition/domainname Domain Name Definition]</ref>
    
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