And finally, the last part which is the .com then mirrors the type of organization. Generally, this is known as the "top-level domain name". Speaking of the "top-level domain name", it is very nice to know that some of the common top-level domain names used in the internet comprise the . These acts are so typical that many domain name consumers and holders are into it a few years after the introduction of domain name in the world of the internet. Today, as domain names continues to become a commodity; many people have particular desires to buy a domain name and particularly to sell a domain name. Speaking of the domain name registrars, it is interesting to know that they are authorized by the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers or ICANN to issue domain names to the public. The whois database maintained by the domain name registrars that list contact information about all the domain names issued by the registrar then serves as a major vehicle for knowing who owns domain names. Even upon the domain name renewal, the domain name registration period can not extend past a ten year period, so are the domain name registrars have no authority to offer a domain name registration for over ten years. After that, when a domain name becomes an "expired domain name" or shortly after the domain name goes past its expiration date, the expired domain name will then be deactivated. This is the primary function of the domain name in the field of the internet. So, since the domain name and IP address are somewhat connected, I will be using the term "domain name IP address" in this article's sense. So please bear with me. Ah, but what is a domain name IP address? Or, an IP address in general? There are further resources which state that if ever that you have an Internet Protocol address of your hosting server, it is better that in changing your registered domain name, you use the URL-forwarding service which is now offered by most domain name companies. Through the URL-forwarding, the registered domain name information then can be change smoothly for the reason that the URL-forwarding will resolve any hits on the registered domain name to the forwarding servers.