What a domain is can be explained easily: It is an address that helps you visit a desired website.
What a domain is
You regularly come across the term domain when surfing the Internet. If you want to create a website yourself, for example, you also have to specify a domain. What exactly does that mean?
- The domain is what you need to remember to find a specific web page. It is the address that must be entered into the browser to visit a website.
- A domain usually consists of two parts: a name (like “google”) and an ending (like “.de” or “.com”). Domains are always unique and can only be assigned once. Behind this is a specific sequence of numbers, an IP address, which works in the background to ensure that we reach the right destination.
- Sometimes the terms URL and domain are used synonymously, but this is not entirely correct. The domain is part of the URL, but the URL contains additional information that can lead to a specific subpage on a website.
- Example: The domain is google.de and a suitable URL could be https://www.google.com/search?q=chip if you search for chip on Google.
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