Domain is also called a URL. It is a unique identifier for the websites over internet. Domain also exists in local area network (LAN) and here domain consists upon a combined group of server and clients to control security and network. By typing the domain name or URL in internet browser you can visit a website.

Domain is not just a name and URL but it also reflects the personal image of some one, domain name may represent your business or product as well. That’s why a unique and relative domain name may divert the attention of people towards your business or activity.

Basically there are two parts of domain name. Let’s take an example of rizwanashraf.com, this domain name has two parts the left part ‘rizwanashraf’ is a unique identifier and it can not be duplicated over the internet. The second part, on the right side ‘.com‘ is the Top Level Domain (TLD) name.

An interesting thing is that in the beginning of the internet there were only 5 Global TLD’s available.
- .com Commercial and business purpose all over the world.
- .net Network related used by Internet Service Providers.
- .org Used by noncommercial community.
- .mil Used by the United States Military.
- .gov Used by US Government Agencies.

CCTLD is a type of TLD and its abbreviation for Country Code Top Level Domain , it is always represents by two letters for example .se is the Sweden’s domain, .uk is the united Kingdom’s domain. Lets take an example of pixey.pk , here .pk is the ccTLD specific to Pakistan. Some of the examples of .pk ccTLD are as follows:
- .com.pk General Business, or Individual.
- .net.pk Network Related Business.
- .edu.pk Educational Institutes.
- .org.pk Non-profit Organizations.
- .biz.pk General Business, Promotional.
- .web.pk Web Sites.
- .gov.pk Domains for Government of Pakistan.