Domain Name and Uniform Resource Locator

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Domain Name The address of a website is a domain name similar to the address of a house. It is made of three different parts which include server type, host name and top-level domain (tld). For example, the domain name, allaboutdomain.com can be broken down into:

  • www = domain name
  • allaboutdomain = host name
  • com = top-level domain

Uniform Resource Locator It is often referred to as URL and it is the complete web address of a website. It is made of four different parts which include protocol, host name, port and path. For example, the url, reactdevsgather.org/sharingsession can be broken down into: