Domain names

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Worksheet 1: Domain names

Activity 1: Web addresses
1. What sort of organisation might the website www.survey.gov.uk belong to,
and where would it be located?

2. Which of the following top-level domain names might a charity use and why?
(.com, .org, .gov or .sch)

3. What is the advantage for a company of a .co.uk address, or a .com address?

Why do some companies have both? E.g. Google or Hotmail?

Activity 2: IP addresses
All web addresses (URLs) have a corresponding IP address, held on a domain name
server (DNS).

Use a website such as http://www .who.is to find out the missing IP addresses and
domain names, and where the domain name server is located.

Domain name or
IP address Location
Host name

www.google.co.uk 173.194.34.95 United States

(Your school website)

178.236.6.251

bbc.co.uk

The computer you

are working on
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Activity 3: Domain name availability

Think of a name that you could use for a website of your own.

Use a website such as www.uk2.net to search for your domain name to check its
availability. You can also see what it might cost to buy.