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Q. What is a Name server and why is it linked with domain names which setting up hosting accounts? A. A name server is a computer server that implements a name to the service protocol. The name server will normally map a computer-usable identifier of a host to a human-usable identifier for that host. For example, a Domain Name System or DNS server might translate the domain name to the Internet Protocol (IP) address. Name server is the protocol implemented by Internet name servers. Name servers also exist on some Microsoft Windows networks where one host can take the role of NetBIOS Master Browser and act as the NBNS server. In small local networks of Windows systems there is no central name server and name resolution is performed by using broadcasts. Also, name Server can also be a network server that provides a naming, or directory service. Name servers are an incredibly important but completely hidden part of the Internet, and they are fascinating. The name server systems form one of the largest and most active distributed databases on the planet. Without the name servers, the Internet would shut down very quickly. When using the Web or sending an e-mail message, you use a domain name to do it. For example, the URL would contain a contain a domain name to that includes that url and so would a email address. Human-readable names are easy for people to remember, but they don't do machines any good. All of the machines use names called IP addresses or internet protocol addresses to refer to one another. For example, every a domain name is used the Internet's domain name servers (DNS) to translate the human-readable domain name into the machine-readable IP address. During a day of browsing and e-mailing, the domain names of servers hundreds of servers might be accessed. Domain name servers translate different domain names to IP addresses. That sounds like a simple task, and it would be except for five things: * There are billions of IP addresses currently in use, and most machines have a human-readable name as well. * There are billions and billions of DNS requests made every day. A single person can make a hundred or more DNS requests a day, and there are hundreds of millions of people and machines using the Internet daily. * New domain names get created everyday. * Millions of people do the work and change and add domain names and IP addresses every day. The DNS system is a database, and also no other database on this planet gets this many requests. No other database on the planet has millions of people changing it every single day, either. That is what makes the DNS system so very unique.
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Web Hosting inactive & Old Accounts Deleted

10-01-2009

In order to maintain our clients list perfectly, we have started cleaning up all the Web Hosting accounts which are inactive and those accounts which have a pending payment and have never paid those funds. In order to maintain database consistancy when removing a user, any and ALL user records contained within the system will be deleted. This includes all invoices (open and closed) all domain and hosting records, all history and any other records tied to the username. This is a permanent action, and cannot be reversed. If you want to continue with your hosting accounts please make sure you pay your invoices on time and enjoy our web hosting services.