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So one should not confuse the domain name of a website with the hosting for that website, the website/domain name and the hosting server are two different things, although they are related, but. The pair domain name - IP address is then recorded by a DNS (Domain Name Server). 67.72.123.201). Each number between 0 and 255 (e.g, we use this system because it's easier to remember a name rather than an IP address which is a group of 4 numbers. So these two work in pairs, the domain name is in fact a "label" that will redirect the visitors to the IP address of the computer where the site is hosted. There is a close relationship between your domain name and your web host (the computer where you'll host the website), well. What has the domain name to do with hosting a website, so?

She doesn't know the number by heart so she goes and searches the number in the phone book and calls them. As you are a little busy at the moment, you ask your wife to do it. To invite them over for dinner, the Smiths, let's say you want to call your friends. Here's an analogy with real life to better understand the concept.

You get the content of the site that is associated to that name and not the content of another site (or empty content), so when you write a website address in your browser, they are a network of "phone books" that know every association domain name - IP address. The phone book role is played by the DNS servers. It helps you find the match: name - phone number. The role of the phone book is also an important one. The telephone number is the equivalent of the IP address of the computer where the site is hosted. That's how you can actually reach them by phone, the Smiths have a telephone number associated with their name, of course. You just said call the Smiths; you didn't ask your wife to call a number. The Smiths are the equivalent of the domain name. This example almost replicates the way domain names and hosting works.

But they can be reached by calling a different number, the name stays the same. It's like the Smiths getting a new phone number. Of course you also need to actually move the files to the new hosting server. You simply redirect the domain name to another IP and modify the DNS servers of your domain name, to change hosting.

Where your website is hosted, you're buying in fact the right to redirect that URL to a web server of your choice, when you're buying a domain name, in conclusion.