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An entry in the [DNS]. |
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'www.yahoo.com', 'www.wlug.org.nz', 'www.linux.org' and 'www.nevada.tla' are all examples of domain names. |
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Domain names exist so we don't have to remember complex InternetProtocol ([IP]) addresses. Don't you wish telephone numbers came with domain names? |
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If you're a .nz you may be interested in the SharedRegistry and [UDAI]. |
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Note that, in DNS terminology, the terms "domain name", "domain" and "name" are all synonymous. You may sometimes come across a statement that <tt>wlug.org.nz</tt> is a "domain", and <tt>www.wlug.org.nz</tt> is a "name" within that "domain". In fact the name <tt>www.wlug.org.nz</tt> is also a domain, and the domain <tt>wlug.org.nz</tt> is also a name. It is true that <tt>www.wlug.org.nz</tt> is a ''subdomain'' of <tt>wlug.org.nz</tt>. A domain can be used as the name of a machine at the same time as it contains subdomains with other names. |
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The term ''zone'' is another synonym for these, used specifically in [BIND] for the contents of a single ZoneFile, or for the part of a ZoneFile containing the information for a single subdomain. |
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