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A domain name is a string of characters that identifies a realm of authority within a Domain Naming System (DNS).

A domain name is a string of characters that identifies a realm of authority within a Domain Naming System (DNS). They serve as human-friendly pointers to IP addresses and other resources that host various services like HTTP/HTTPS, SMTP, IMAP, SIP, etc. Domain names can be (and are) used on private networks, but they are an integral component of the modern Internet.

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Measure the pronounceability of a word?

I'm tinkering with a domain name finder and want to favour those words which are easy to pronounce. Example: nameoic.com (bad) versus namelet.com (good). Was thinking something to do with soundex may be appropriate but it doesn't look like I can use…
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How can I find the version of php that is running on a distinct domain name?

How can I find the version of php that is running on a distinct server with distinct domain name? (like www.abc.com) It is not my server, no ftp access for making a php file with this code:
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Sinatra - how do I get the server's domain name

I'm trying to get the domain name in my Sinatra app but as a newbie I really am struggling to figure out how to do this, and I know it must be possible! Rack::Request#host_with_port looks promising, but I don't know how to get this from my app - how…
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What is the advantage of having a domain name (spotilocal) that resolves to 127.0.0.1?

Not sure if this is best suited to Programmers, Server Fault or Stack Overflow. It's not, however, a question about developing for Facebook. Facebook recently announced tighter integration with Spotify. Play/pause buttons that control the Spotify…
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Why domain names are backwards?

I realize that this question might not make sense to some, but I was just curious of why the domain names built starting from most specific and ending with most global identifier. www.google.com [most specific].[2nd level].[top level] All other tree…
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How to get DOMAIN name from SQL Server?

I tried using EXEC sp_who2; to find the server's domain name, but it gives host, users, etc. I need to know my SQL Server's domain name, so I can install a plugin to the SQL Server Management Studio.
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Mysterious CloudFront "Bad request"

I've set up a new domain and web server, and a CloudFront distribution to serve it. CloudFront is successfully serving the site on its own domain: d1lnegrqin0up5.cloudfront.net I want mpe.io (without www) to go to the web server, and www.mpe.io to…
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Are IDN domain names case-sensitive?

Some people will reply that domain names are not case-sensitive. In the new Unicode world this is no longer true. (Source) I thought one of the steps in the Unicode > Punycode conversion was a "normalisation", which rendered domain names lower…
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How do I associate my domain name with my AWS applications?

I've just starting using the Amazon Web Services (AWS) and I'm still learning about how it works and what features it provides. I have successfully built two of the sample Java webapps and uploaded them to hosted instances on AWS. If I go to the…
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What top-level domains does youtube have?

I am trying to identify youtube link (generally), and I wonder what top-level domains is youtube using? So far I know about: .com (youtube.com) .be (youtu.be) Are there any others? PS: for those looking for checking youtube/vimeo video particulary…
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SQL: Sorting By Email Domain Name

What is the shortest and/or efficient SQL statement to sort a table with a column of email address by it's DOMAIN name fragment? That's essentially ignoring whatever is before "@" in the email addresses and case-insensitive. Let's ignore the…
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Method to detect a parked page?

Anyone know of a way to programatically detect a parked web page? That is, those pages that you accidentally type in (or intentionally sometimes) and they are hosted by a domain parking service with nothing but ads on them. I am working on a…
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Where can I purchase .app TLD?

Where can I purchase a .app Top Level Domain (TLD)? I've gone to Network Solutions, GoDaddy, etc and can't find someone who is selling .app domains (e.g. http://example.app).
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How to get fully qualified domain name on Windows in Delphi

I need to get a fully qualified domain name for a Windows machine on a domain in Delphi. I've tried to use LookupAccountSid but it gives me only the netbios domain name, in my case it is "intranet" but I need the full "intranet.companyname.com" Any…
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What is the correct term for apex/naked/bare/root domain names?

When you search term Apex Domains on Google Search, the top page you get is https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-supported-custom-domains, which explains the concept as: An apex domain is a root domain that does not contain a subdomain part.…
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