FAQ on Domain Names by changefrom.com - Domain name is defined as a text representation of your url which is used to locate web hosting accounts on the internet. Essentially a domain name is a company's address on the web. Examples of top level domain names include yahoo.com, icann.org, and yoursite.net. Many new top level domain names are becoming available such as those ending in .biz, .coop, .info, and .name. Top Level Domains (TLDs) are divided into classes based on rules that have evolved over time. Most TLDs have been delegated to individual country managers, whose codes are assigned from a table maintained by an agency of the United Nations. These are called country-code Top Level Domains, or ccTLDs. Country code domains are each organized by a manager for that country.

What does "Whois" refer to?
A searchable database maintained by InterNIC, which contains information about networks, networking organizations, domain names, and the contacts associated with them for the com, org, net, edu, and ISO 3166 country code top level domains. Also, the protocol, or set of rules, that describes the application used to access the database. The WHOIS database of the registries usually gets updated once a day. Your domain name information will not show up until the WHOIS database is updated. Please wait 24hrs before doing a WHOIS search on your newly registered domain name.