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.XYZ

A generic top-level domain marketed as the domain for 'every website, everywhere.' Launched in 2014, .XYZ gained prominence when Google's parent company Alphabet chose abc.xyz as its corporate domain. It's popular for its affordability and appeal to younger, tech-savvy audiences.

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Escrow

Escrow is a term that describes a financial arrangement where a third party holds and regulates payment of the funds required for two parties involved in a given transaction. It helps make transact...

A Record

An Address Record in DNS that maps a domain name to an IPv4 address.

Dev Domain

A domain name using the .dev extension, intended for software development purposes and requiring HTTPS.

DNS Records

Configuration entries that tell DNS servers how to handle requests for a domain, including A, CNAME, MX, and TXT records.

Transfer

Transfer is a term you'll encounter frequently. It refers to the process of changing the registrant or registrar of a specific domain name. There are two main types of transfers in the domain na...

CNAME

Canonical Name Record - a DNS record type that maps an alias domain name to the true (canonical) domain name.