The Realm of Domain Names: An Indian Perspective

In the realm of cyberspace, when you browse a particular website on the Internet, it is actually the Internet Protocol address (IP address) that establishes the link between your computer and the particular website you are searching for. IP address is like a name of a person or moreover like a telephone number. It helps in identifying a particular computer connected to the Internet where the website is hosted on the Internet.

An IP address is a numeric form of address consisting of strings and numbers that identifies a particular computer where the website is hosted. It consists of four parts separated by periods (dot), for example 216.198.199.235 where 216 refers to network, 198 and 199 refers to sub networks and 235 is the computers itself. As a string of meaningless numbers is not easy to remember, thus domain names were invented. IP addresses are computer-friendly, while domain names are human-friendly. Domain names offer a more intuitive way to