What is a Domain Name?
Every computer that connects to the internet is assigned a unique string of numbers called an IP address. But, like phone numbers, passwords and your spouse’s birthday, IP addresses can be difficult to impossible to remember. That’s where a Domain Name comes in.
Instead of making humanity memorize random strings of numbers for every website they want to visit or email they want to send, we give our sites “real” names such as www.ComputerGeeks2Go.com or http://www.weather.com, etc. These names are much easier to remember than 50.22.79.124 or 96.8.84.121.