2007-03-04 20:08:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
It acts as a separator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL
2007-03-04 20:18:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dot in any web or internet site address sets up the browser to look on a particular Internet server line an assigned web address geared for either "commercial" (.com), government service (.gov or .org), corporate business services ( .net)
and in some rare cases, your PC Internet Explorer may be directed to local/state and overseas web server locations. Example: schoolsite.state.AZ.us may be a particular school system site set up on a state run level in Arizona (note the ".us" stands for United States).
Or access to a website in England: shoprockmusic@dynaram.co.uk Note the "co.uk" is a commercial website set up in the United Kingdom.
2007-03-05 04:20:04 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Wizard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the separator within the domain tree. .com is the root or bottom of the tree. yahoo is the trunk of the tree with .com as the root. mail.yahoo.com is a branch of the trunk leading back to the root of the tree. Think of the dot as a new branch after you have a tree growing, you start at the root and work your way up the tree in an orderly fashion.
2007-03-05 08:52:29 · answer #3 · answered by mcgranem 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋