Nominet UK - Domain Name Registration



		CHOOSING A DOMAIN NAME HOW TO REGISTER AFTER REGISTRATION MAKING CHANGES TO YOUR DOMAIN NAME
		Domain Name Registration
New WHOIS New WHOIS: Registrant F.A.Q.		Just as post-codes are used for particular street names, computers connected to the Internet have unique numerical addresses so that electronic information is delivered to the right place. The Domain Name System (DNS) translates the numerical addresses of computers into more user-friendly names. The resulting Domain Names are easy to recall and help people to find information on the Internet. Domain Names form part of web site addresses (technically known as URLs - Uniform Resource Locators), for example http://www.bbc.co.uk/news, and they are often used in advertising to point people to information about an organisation. Domain Names are also used in e-mail addresses, for example, user@nominet.org.uk, that enable people to send and receive electronic messages.