I know that there are databases where domain names and IP addresses are matched? But how do those correspond to what we see on the internet?
And when you pay for a domain name what are you actually paying for if your just putting an entry in a database?
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Domain names = the address of the domain holder on the WAN.
When you click a link, or enter a ‘www’ address, your computer sends a ‘packet’ that requests a ‘visit’ to that address.
(Think of it as a ‘drive thru’ window at McDonalds).
Your packet requests a specific page; it may be to look at the entire menu (the homepage or index), or it may be a specific item on the menu (some specific page for whatever stuff is available at the ‘window’).
That ‘drive thru’ then sends whatever it has available, from all the available items, back to you, as your packet has requested.
Payments are for maintaining the addresses, running the servers, overhead, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name...