What is Internet addressing?



Domain Name

Most computers on the Internet have a unique domain name.

Special computers, called domain name servers, look up the domain name and match it to the corresponding IP address so that data can be properly routed to its destination on the Internet.

An example domain name is: healthyway.com

Domain names are easier for most people to relate to than a numeric IP address. Image of person thinking of a domain 
name, with arrow pointing to a computer with an IP address



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