Domain names were invented to fill a similar need on the Internet. If you type the IP address into the URL bar of your browser you will be taken to the web site it relates to. Domain names offer a more intuitive way to name and find a website. That's the theory - in practice, domain names can be pretty obscure too. The Structure of a Domain Name Let's look in more detail at a domain name, using this site's domain name as an example.
Every domain name is registered under a top domain of some kind.
Country-specific domain names, on the other hand, tend to get spelled out. This is the part of the domain name that I was able to choose - I made it up when I registered a domain name. The top domain and sub-domain together make up what people call a domain name. This is because all domain names are recorded in a central database, and each record in the database must be unique. Also, since you don't own the name itself, under certain circumstances a court can take your right to use a domain name away from you.