The server program then looks for the pages on its local machine and sends them to the browser, which displays them. DNS DNS stands for Domain Name System. Files are always stored inside a directory. There is no limit to the number of directories that may be stored inside one another, although more than six or seven levels is rare. Domain name a Domain name identifies either a computer on a network, or a virtual server.
Domain names observe a heirarchy, which descends from right to left.
Below that is our network name, 'netmar'. Often, this gets confused with a hostname. FTP a method of transferring files from one machine to another. FTP stands for file transfer protocol. You can use FTP software to login to another machine and exchange files as well as perform other file management tasks on the remote machine, such as creating or removing directories.