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What is a domain name ?

 

A domain name is an identification label to define a realm of administrative autonomy, authority, or control in the Internet, based on the Domain Name System (DNS). Domain names are used in various networking contexts and application-specific naming and addressing purposes. Domain names are organized in subordinate levels (subdomains) of the top-level Internet domains (TLDs), such as the prominent domains com, net and org.

For example, a company called "AB-CD" :

- The website address is : http://www.ab-cd.co.uk
- The email of the company : contact@ab-cd.co.uk
- In all these addresses, there is a common part :

ab-cd.co.uk is the domain name


Aqua Ray is a member of Afnic. The opposite text is an extract of Afnic.
Aqua Ray gives you the possibility to transfer a domain name of yours that already exists.

 

 

If you want to book a domain name or/and host your webpage at Aqua Ray, we invite you to check the section "Hosting" of this webpage where you will be able to find our packages that all include a domain name and hosting as well as e-mail accounts.
 
What is ... ?

- www. : This is what you have to add to the domain name to get the web server name (www.ab-cd.co.uk)

- http:// : When followed by the web server name, it defines the web server address  or "URL" (http://www.ab-cd.co.uk)

Structure of a domain name :

A domain name consists of:

- A name (of a company, brand, an association, an individual...)

- An extension (also called suffix ) .com .co.uk .de .ca .jp .net .com .org...Structure d'un nom de domaine :

Syntax of a domain name:

The domain name must only be composed of the following characters :

- A - Z
- 0 - 9
- Indent

No distinction is made between uppercase and lowercase letters. All other characters are not allowed (accents, apostrophes...) so far, except accents for the .eu.