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Domain - IP Address?

How is a domain name related to an IP address?

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  • 2 decades ago
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    we, as humans, are more apt to recall a name as opposed to an IP address.... for example Microsoft.com would be more easily remembered then 10.123.11.212.....

    we, as humans, use the domain name and the computers use the IP addresses

  • r3dm0
    Lv 4
    2 decades ago

    think of it this way, the domain is like an apartment block, the ip is like the door number of the different apartments. Hope that's simple enough to understand

    R3dm0

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    nicely, regrettably you won't be able to. you obtain a internet site and wager what for the dedicated IP, you could desire to purchase it too. i prefer to propose which you touch your internet provider provider to purchase a dedicated IP. yet once you prefer to host a internet site why would desire to you host it at your equipment? you could desire to bypass online to seek for different low priced and stable internet hosting centers. a number of them even provide you a loose area. And for his or her centers, you will not would desire to purchase a dedicated IP. not purely is it risky to host utilizing your man or woman laptop it is likewise costly because you could desire to maintain it on and make advantageous it does not get too warm. and you need to additionally remember protection like setting up firewalls etc...

  • 2 decades ago

    domen u wright u can see as for eg:ww.google.co.uk/yahoo.co.uk...

    but computer reads it as ip adress: 125.124.0.2

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