Domain Name Fundamentals
Set of articles, covering the basics, domain life cycle, and a glossary of essential terms.
What is a Domain Name?
A domain name is a unique, human-readable string of characters that represents the address of a...
What is a Domain Name Registrar?
Joker.com is an ICANN-accredited domain registrar What does it mean? A domain registrar is a ...
Who is a Domain Registrant?
A domain Registrant, also known as a domain owner, is an individual or organization that has re...
What is TLD or Top-Level Domain?
TLD stands for Top-Level Domain. It refers to the highest level of the domain name system (DNS) h...
What are Domain Contacts?
Domain contacts, also known as domain name contacts or WHOIS contacts, are the individuals or ent...
What is the Domain Status?
Domain status refers to the current condition or state of a registered domain name in the Domain ...
What is Domain Name Service (DNS)?
DNS stands for Domain Name System. It is a system used to translate human-readable domain names (...
What are IDN Domains?
IDN stands for Internationalized Domain Name. IDN domains allow for domain names to be registered...
What is a Premium Domain Name?
Premium domains are domain names that have been previously registered and are considered more val...
Life Cycle of a Domain
When you register a domain name, you are not actually buying it but rather paying for the right t...