Wi-Fi is a wireless technology, believed to be short for Wireless Fidelity, although it is not the official full word for Wi-Fi...
A proxy server, also known as a proxy, forwards traffic sent from a computer to the proxy server and may offer an anonymous net...
Short for a home area network, a HAN is a small type of network that is designed to cover a home, as suggested in the name. It....
Short for a metropolitan area network, a MAN is a much larger network than a LAN, but smaller than a WAN. It is used for provi...
Ethernet is a popular high-speed wired technology for directly connecting a device, such as a laptop or a computer to a router....
A wireless application protocol, also known as a WAP is a technology that enables the retrieval of information over a mobile wi...
Short for a wide area network, a WAN is a term that describes a large computer network that is fixed to a single location and covers a wide geographical area, such as multiple cities. It is the opposite of a LAN (local...
Short for a local area network, a LAN is a term that describes a network that connects nearby devices within a limited area. Ex...
Short for a virtual private network, a VPN provides a secure and private connection over a public, business, or home network by...
Short for internet protocol address, an IP address is a string of four unique numbers, separated by full stops that are assigne...
TCP is short for transmission control protocol and IP is short for internet protocol. TCP/IP is a term used to describe a set o...
The internet has become so popular. As of now, it is possible to use the internet for almost anything, such as online shopping....
An internet service provider, also known as an internet network service provider is a company that provides internet access for both homes and business...
IANA is short for Internet Assigned Numbers Authority and it is an organisation that is responsible for the assignment of internet numbers, as suggest...
Nameservers, also known as NS are types of DNS records that help connect the domain name with the IP address of the website. Th...
A domain registrant is a user or company that owns and conducted the registration of a certain domain name. Domain registrants....
DNS cache temporarily stores previous DNS lookups on a computer in order to retrieve the IP addresses and translate domain name...
An expired domain refers to a domain name that has been registered by someone, but hasn't been renewed before its expiry date.....
Freenom (also known as dot.tk) is a free domain provider that offers five TLDs for free, which include .tk, .ml, .cf, .ga, and .gq. Freenom is known as 'th...
ICANN is short for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and it is a non-profit organisation that was founded on....
WHOIS is a protocol that first started in 1982, containing a public database of information about all registered domain names.....
A domain registrar is a company that allows users to register domain names, which are URLs that are made up of alphanumeric let...
DNS is short for domain name system and it can also be known as the phonebook of the internet. The purpose of DNS is to transl...
A TLD is short for a top-level domain and it is the extension that appears at the end of the domain name after the dot, such as...
A subdomain, also known as a child domain refers to a domain that is part of another domain, such as the address of this websi...
A premium domain refers to a domain that is already owned by a registrant or an organisation, but is for sale and available for purchase, normally at a very high price, costing...
A parked domain refers to a registered, but unused domain name that doesn't show any actual content and only shows advertisemen...
Domain squatting, also known as cybersquatting is the act of registering a domain with the sole purpose of preventing another u...
Typosquatting is the act of registering misspellings or typos of common domain names in the hope that a user mistypes the URL and visits the typosquatted website. Such domains could 'phish' for other people's details and try to trick them into entering...
A domain name is an address that can be seen in the URL field of the web browser. Domain names have a custom name, usually the....
