Domain name is a unique identifier which is used to find websites on the Internet. Domain names acts in the same way as your first and last names help to identify your identity to others, domain names enable you to easily find and surf your favorite websites. What you have to do is to just type your domain name registration address) into your browser window. For example, the domain name registration this website "webmaxsolutions.net". ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) assumes responsibility for management and coordination of the domain name registration (DNS) by overseeing the distribution of domain names and unique IP addresses across the Internet. Each domain name registration with what's known as an extension.

A domain name registration is another tool of identification. An extension or TLD (Top Level Domain) consists of the last few letters following the final period or "dot" in the name itself. The extension /TLD for google.com is ".com." There are a host of top-level domain name registration available today, such as:

.com (Commercial organizations)
.net (Networks)
.org (Not-for-profit Organizations)
.edu (Educational)
.gov (Government)
.biz (Business).

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