Domain
Name IP Address And What Are They For?
When we talk about domain name, we are basically referring
to an address of a web site that is primarily intended for an
easy and quick identification. Speaking of these user-friendly
addresses for web sites, these help connect both computers and
people on the Internet. Given such fact, it is interesting to
know that the domain name is understood as string of letters or
numbers that is used to describe an IP address.
This is the primary function of the domain name in the field
of the Internet. So, since the domain name and IP address are
somewhat connected, I will be using the term “domain name IP
address” in this article’s sense. So please bear with me. Ah,
but what is a domain name IP address? Or, an IP address in
general?
For your information, the acronym IP stands for Internet
Protocol. This is so called as domain name IP address for the
reason that this is the numeric address of any domain on the
Internet. As it is commonly noted, domain name IP addresses are
much similar with telephone numbers. I am sure that you know
that there is a common name listed in the phonebook that is
associated with a long string of numerals pertaining to a
specific telephone.
Aside from that, it is also interesting to know that
speaking of the domain name IP addresses; others noted that the
domain name IP addresses are like the reference numbers that
are applied to categorize the books in a library.
As the library codes apply for you to know the title of a
book to find in the library, the domain name IP addresses also
function somewhat that way. Essentially, a domain name IP
address is a set of four numbers that are divided by dots. In
particular, the domain name IP address looks like
203.23.56.166, and each one of these numbers can be between 1
and 255. J
ust like the mentioned function of the telephone numbers and
the reference numbers in the library, the domain name IP
address is said to be that important in the Internet. For a
computer machine to be able to be located by the other
computers on the Internet, it is important that it must have
its own domain name IP address that is distinct than the
others.
The primary intention for creating the system of domain name
IP address is for the people to connect to other computers on
the Internet by just applying an easy to remember name instead
of a particular IP address. So as result, it is therefore
important that the domain name must have matching IP address
for it to function correctly.
This is also one of the best explanations that show how the
domain name and IP address are connected. This explanation
alone led to the association between the two and thus being
identified as a domain name IP address.
With the domain name IP address, you have the freedom to
type either the domain name or the IP address into a web
browser and you will definitely see the same page. It is for
the reason that when you type a domain name into the web
browser, the Internet Service Provider or ISP will then search
the associated IP address in their Domain Name System
server.
That is how the domain name IP address works.
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