| title | notetype | date |
|---|---|---|
Domain Name |
feed |
31-10-2021 |
While our local network hosts can be referenced with names such as db, on the internet, hosts use a special Domain Name format: www.google.com.
The purpose of this format is to group similar things together. The last portion of the domain (.com) is called the top-level domain. google is the domain name, while www is the subdomain - of which google has many (maps, workspace, photos).
When you try to reach maps.google.com, the process by which you get an actual IP address that corresponds to this domain is called [[DNS Resolution]].