Title: Describe the fundamentals of domain names.
Course: Cyber Security/Forensics Infusion Units (CYBR) > Section: Unit 2: SOCIAL ENGINEERING AND PERSONAL CYBER SECURITY: Maintaining Network Security

Description should include the following:

- Domain names are broken down into top-level domain names where the entire address in the cloud (network architecture) is considered to be the fully qualified domain name (FQDN).
- There is a need for top-level domain (TLD) names that can be used by a root server for creating names without fear of conflicts with current or future actual TLD names in the global Domain Name System (DNS).
- DNS—a hierarchical, distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet/cloud or a private network/private cloud. DNS associates information with domain names assigned to each of the partaking bodies and translates easily memorized domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of locating computer services attached to the Internet/cloud.
- FQDN is the complete domain name for a specific computer, or host, on the Internet, consisting of two parts: the hostname and the domain name.