Getting Started
Explore the fundamental components required to launch a website including domain names DNS and web hosting. Understand how these elements work together to map your website's address to its server and enable users to access your content online.
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As mentioned in the previous lesson, all a website need is a Domain name, DNS, and a web hosting service to appear online. In this section, we will discuss all three elements briefly and see what makes them so important.
Domain Name:
A domain name is a unique address (URL) which the user would type to visit your website. The reason we use domain names instead of IP addresses is that names are easier to remember than a long string of numbers. Imagine how difficult it would be to remember the addresses of all the websites that you use.
A URL basically consists of these four ...