[gui-talk] WWW2

[Charles Oppermann]

The prefix "www" before a web address is just a convention, there is no requirement that there is a "www" or anything before the domain name.  You can access the same content by specifying "http://microsoft.com" or "http://www.microsoft.com".

The idea is the first part of an internet address is name of the server, so many sites can distribute load between many servers.  Normally the address that appears doesn't change, but on some sites it might.

--Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 8:22 PM
To: GUI Talk
Subject: [gui-talk] WWW2

Greetings. I just noticed on the Blogger dashboard an address with www2., in the address bar. What does the 2 represent, and are there any other differences for the average user verses the old www.address.com style?

Many thanks,
Wayne
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My blog:
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