Articles about the types of unique addresses, names, and numbers that identify networks, servers, and hosts.
Also known as an absolute domain name, an FQDN stands for a Fully Qualified Domain Name and it describes a full alphanumeric domain...
A netmask, also known as a subnet mask, is a 32-bit binary number that identifies the portion of IPv4 addresses that are availa...
Short for a service set identifier, an SSID refers to the unique name of a wireless network that differentiates it from other n...
In DNS, a zone file, also known as a master file, is a text file that contains information about all the resources for a domain....
A HTTP status code is a three-digit code that identifies the status of a HTTP request on the World Wide Web. For example, the H...
A domain registry is a company that maintains a database of all domain names and associated registrant information. In the hire...
Short for a second-level domain, an SLD, also known as a 2LD is the custom name that appears before the TLD, usually com, net,....
Short for a uniform resource locator, a URL is the address of a webpage or file on the internet. It uniquely identifies the l...
A routing table is a set of rules where routing information is stored and viewed in a table format that acts as a map, where th...
A network port is a unique 16-bit unsigned number that identifies a specific process or type of network service. Ports can rang...
The hosts file is a text file stored on a local computer that translates domain names to IP addresses. On Windows, the hosts fi...
Localhost refers to one's own computer or the current device. It is the default name used for having a local server on one's ...
Short for a Media Access Control Address, a MAC address is a hardware identification number that allows each device on a networ...
Short for internet protocol address, an IP address is a string of four unique numbers, separated by full stops that are assigne...
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....
An expired domain refers to a domain name that has been registered by someone, but hasn't been renewed before its expiry date.....
A domain registrar is a company that allows users to register domain names, which are URLs that are made up of alphanumeric let...
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....
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