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Understanding the Internet |
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To understand the Internet, you must first learn
some terms and learn how the Internet works.
First, there is an Internet "god" who controls
things. That deity is ICANN
(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers). It is a not-for-profit partnership
of people from all over the world dedicated to
keeping the Internet secure, stable and
interoperable.
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority) is operated by the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) and these two agencies pretty much control
the Internet.
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Registrars
like Network Solutions and Register.com are authorized
to "lease" domain names. This is often referred to
as "owning" a |
domain name. We use the term "lease" because
domain names can only be held as long as an annual
fee is paid to the registrar.
Registrars do not have to provide web site hosting
services but most do. We prefer to keep our
hosting and registrars separate so that there is
never a conflict or problem should we decide to move
a web site from one hosting provider to another.
This is like separation between church and state in
our opinion.
Hosting Providers do what the name
implies. They host or provide the "real
estate" for your web site. Hosting is done on
servers. These servers can be Windows based,
Linux based and either dedicated to your site or
shared with others. Pricing and features vary
widely.
Domain Name Servers (DNS) on the
Internet resolve domain names which allow browsers
to point to a particular web site. For
example,
www.trabbic.com resolves to
http://64.78.38.8.
Keep in mind that EVERYTHING on the Internet has a
unique IP (Internet Protocol) address, even your own
computer. The DNS servers in essence lookup
the Internet phone number you are calling when you
type an address in your browser. That is why
ICANN and IANA are so important.
What about e-mail? Once you
own a domain name, you then want to point that
domain name to a hosting provider. While you
can park the domain for later use, in most cases you
will contract with a hosting provider like
Intermedia.net to host a web site and/or your
e-mail.
We are not here to sell you
something, we are here for our clients. And only
our clients. Why not become one?
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