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| ARTICLES RELATED TO VeriSign | | | |  VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - Types of DNS recordsImportant categories of data stored in the DNS include the following:
An A record or address record maps a hostname to a 32-bit IPv4 address.
An AAAA record or IPv6 address record maps a hostname to a 128-bit IPv6 address.
A CNAME record or canonical name record makes one domain name an alias of another. The aliased domain gets all the subdomains and DNS records of the original.
An MX record or mail exchange record maps a domain name to a list of ...
See also:Domain Name System, Domain Name System - A brief history of the DNS, Domain Name System - How the DNS works in theory, Domain Name System - Understanding the parts of a domain name, Domain Name System - An example of theoretical DNS recursion, Domain Name System - Understanding domain registration and glue records, Domain Name System - DNS in practice, Domain Name System - Caching and time to live, Domain Name System - Caching time, Domain Name System - DNS in the real world, Domain Name System - Other DNS applications, Domain Name System - Standards, Domain Name System - Types of DNS records, Domain Name System - Internationalized domain names, Domain Name System - DNS software, Domain Name System - Legal users of domains, Domain Name System - Registrant, Domain Name System - Administrative contact, Domain Name System - Technical contact, Domain Name System - Billing contact, Domain Name System - Name servers, Domain Name System - Politics, Domain Name System - Truth in Domain Names Act Read more here: » Domain Name System: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - Types of DNS records |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - Internationalized domain names Main article: Internationalized domain name
Domain names must use only a subset of ASCII characters—the Roman alphabet in upper and lower case, the digits 0 through 9, and the hyphen. This prevented the representation of names and words of many languages natively. ICANN has approved the Punycode-based IDNA system, which maps Unicode strings into the valid DNS character set, as a workaround to this issue. Some registries have adopted IDNA.
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See also:Domain Name System, Domain Name System - A brief history of the DNS, Domain Name System - How the DNS works in theory, Domain Name System - Understanding the parts of a domain name, Domain Name System - An example of theoretical DNS recursion, Domain Name System - Understanding domain registration and glue records, Domain Name System - DNS in practice, Domain Name System - Caching and time to live, Domain Name System - Caching time, Domain Name System - DNS in the real world, Domain Name System - Other DNS applications, Domain Name System - Standards, Domain Name System - Types of DNS records, Domain Name System - Internationalized domain names, Domain Name System - DNS software, Domain Name System - Legal users of domains, Domain Name System - Registrant, Domain Name System - Administrative contact, Domain Name System - Technical contact, Domain Name System - Billing contact, Domain Name System - Name servers, Domain Name System - Politics, Domain Name System - Truth in Domain Names Act Read more here: » Domain Name System: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - Internationalized domain names |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - .au - Third-level domains The use of .gov.au and .edu.au is also split up into further state-based categories. State governments and schools use a domain name that reflect their locale, and these state-based third-level domains are managed independently by the states.
For example, a school in Western Australia would register schoolname.wa.edu.au, whereas a New South Wales government department would use deptname.nsw.gov.au. Similarly, replacing the bold part of these domains, Victoria would use .vic, Queensland ...
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Perl - Philosophy The perlintro(1) man page states:
Perl is a general-purpose programming language originally developed for text manipulation and now used for a wide range of tasks including system administration, web development, network programming, GUI development, and more.
The language is intended to be practical (easy to use, efficient, complete) rather than beautiful (tiny, elegant, minimal). Its major features are that it's easy to use, supports both procedural and object-oriented (OO) programming, has powerful built-in support for text processing, and has one of the world's most impressive collect ...
See also:Perl, Perl - History, Perl - Future, Perl - The name Perl, Perl - The camel symbol, Perl - Philosophy, Perl - Usage, Perl - Syntax, Perl - Sample code, Perl - Data structures, Perl - Control structures, Perl - Subroutines, Perl - Regular expressions, Perl - Resources, Perl - Implementations, Perl - Database interfaces, Perl - CPAN, Perl - Availability, Perl - Supported platforms, Perl - License, Perl - Opinion, Perl - Pro, Perl - Con, Perl - Fun with Perl Read more here: » Perl: Encyclopedia II - Perl - Philosophy |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - Legal users of domains
Domain Name System - Registrant.
No one in the world really "owns" a domain name except the Network Information Centre (NIC), or domain name registry. Most of the NICs in the world receive an annual fee from a legal user in order for the legal user to utilise the domain name (i.e. a sort of a leasing agreement exists, subject to the registry's terms and conditions). Depending on the various naming convention of the registries, legal users b ...
See also:Domain Name System, Domain Name System - A brief history of the DNS, Domain Name System - How the DNS works in theory, Domain Name System - Actors, Domain Name System - Understanding the parts of a domain name, Domain Name System - An example of theoretical DNS recursion, Domain Name System - Understanding domain registration and glue records, Domain Name System - DNS in practice, Domain Name System - Caching and time to live, Domain Name System - Caching time, Domain Name System - DNS in the real world, Domain Name System - Other DNS applications, Domain Name System - Standards, Domain Name System - Types of DNS records, Domain Name System - Internationalized domain names, Domain Name System - DNS software, Domain Name System - Legal users of domains, Domain Name System - Registrant, Domain Name System - Administrative contact, Domain Name System - Technical contact, Domain Name System - Billing contact, Domain Name System - Name servers, Domain Name System - Politics, Domain Name System - Truth in Domain Names Act Read more here: » Domain Name System: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - Legal users of domains |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - DNS software Various flavors of DNS software implement the DNS, including:
BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Daemon) – full featured, most popular, de facto Internet standard
djbdns (Daniel J. Bernstein's DNS) – composed of several small-footprint components
MaraDNS – UDP only
IPControl (International Network Services)
VitalQIP (Lucent Technologies)
Adonis DNS Management Appliance (BlueCat Networks Inc)
NSD (Name Server Daemon) – small footprint, UDP only, authoritative only
P ...
See also:Domain Name System, Domain Name System - A brief history of the DNS, Domain Name System - How the DNS works in theory, Domain Name System - Actors, Domain Name System - Understanding the parts of a domain name, Domain Name System - An example of theoretical DNS recursion, Domain Name System - Understanding domain registration and glue records, Domain Name System - DNS in practice, Domain Name System - Caching and time to live, Domain Name System - Caching time, Domain Name System - DNS in the real world, Domain Name System - Other DNS applications, Domain Name System - Standards, Domain Name System - Types of DNS records, Domain Name System - Internationalized domain names, Domain Name System - DNS software, Domain Name System - Legal users of domains, Domain Name System - Registrant, Domain Name System - Administrative contact, Domain Name System - Technical contact, Domain Name System - Billing contact, Domain Name System - Name servers, Domain Name System - Politics, Domain Name System - Truth in Domain Names Act Read more here: » Domain Name System: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - DNS software |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - Politics Many investigators have voiced criticism of the methods used currently to control ownership of domains. Most commonly, critics claim abuse by monopolies or near-monopolies, such as VeriSign, Inc., and problems with assignment of top-level domains. The international body ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) oversees the domain name industry.
Domain ...
See also:Domain Name System, Domain Name System - A brief history of the DNS, Domain Name System - How the DNS works in theory, Domain Name System - Actors, Domain Name System - Understanding the parts of a domain name, Domain Name System - An example of theoretical DNS recursion, Domain Name System - Understanding domain registration and glue records, Domain Name System - DNS in practice, Domain Name System - Caching and time to live, Domain Name System - Caching time, Domain Name System - DNS in the real world, Domain Name System - Other DNS applications, Domain Name System - Standards, Domain Name System - Types of DNS records, Domain Name System - Internationalized domain names, Domain Name System - DNS software, Domain Name System - Legal users of domains, Domain Name System - Registrant, Domain Name System - Administrative contact, Domain Name System - Technical contact, Domain Name System - Billing contact, Domain Name System - Name servers, Domain Name System - Politics, Domain Name System - Truth in Domain Names Act Read more here: » Domain Name System: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - Politics |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Domain name - Examples The following examples illustrates the difference between a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and a domain name:
URL: http://www.example.com/
Domain name: www.example.com
As a general rule, the IP address and the server name are interchangeable. For most internet services, the server will not have any way to know which was used. However, the explosion of interest in the web means that there are far more websites than servers. To accommodate this, the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) specifies that th ...
See also:Domain name, Domain name - Examples, Domain name - Top-level domains, Domain name - Official assignment, Domain name - Uses and abuses, Domain name - Generic domain names — problems arising out of unregulated name selection, Domain name - Unconventional domain names, Domain name - Commercial resale of domain names, Domain name - Caveat Emptor Read more here: » Domain name: Encyclopedia II - Domain name - Examples |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Domain name - Official assignment ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has overall responsibility for managing the DNS. It controls the root domain, delegating control over each top-level domain to a domain name registry. For ccTLDs, the domain registry is typically controlled by the government of that country. ICANN has a consultation role in these domain registries but is in no position to regulate the terms and conditions of how a domain name is allocated or who allocates it in each of these country level domain registries. On the other hand, generi ...
See also:Domain name, Domain name - Examples, Domain name - Top-level domains, Domain name - Official assignment, Domain name - Uses and abuses, Domain name - Generic domain names — problems arising out of unregulated name selection, Domain name - Unconventional domain names, Domain name - Commercial resale of domain names, Domain name - Caveat Emptor Read more here: » Domain name: Encyclopedia II - Domain name - Official assignment |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Domain name - Top-level domains Every domain name ends in a top-level domain (TLD) name, which is always either one of a small list of generic names (three or more characters), or a two characters territory code based on ISO-3166 (there are few exceptions and new codes are integrated case by case).
The (gTLD) extensions are:
The country code top-level domain (ccTLD) extensions are:
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See also:Domain name, Domain name - Examples, Domain name - Top-level domains, Domain name - Official assignment, Domain name - Uses and abuses, Domain name - Generic domain names — problems arising out of unregulated name selection, Domain name - Unconventional domain names, Domain name - Commercial resale of domain names, Domain name - Caveat Emptor Read more here: » Domain name: Encyclopedia II - Domain name - Top-level domains |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - Internationalized domain names Main article: Internationalized domain name
Domain names must use only a subset of ASCII characters—the Roman alphabet in upper and lower case, the digits 0 through 9, and the hyphen. This prevented the representation of names and words of many languages natively. ICANN has approved the Punycode-based IDNA system, which maps Unicode strings into the valid DNS character set, as a workaround to this issue. Some registries have adopted IDNA.
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See also:Domain Name System, Domain Name System - A brief history of the DNS, Domain Name System - How the DNS works in theory, Domain Name System - Actors, Domain Name System - Understanding the parts of a domain name, Domain Name System - An example of theoretical DNS recursion, Domain Name System - Understanding domain registration and glue records, Domain Name System - DNS in practice, Domain Name System - Caching and time to live, Domain Name System - Caching time, Domain Name System - DNS in the real world, Domain Name System - Other DNS applications, Domain Name System - Standards, Domain Name System - Types of DNS records, Domain Name System - Internationalized domain names, Domain Name System - DNS software, Domain Name System - Legal users of domains, Domain Name System - Registrant, Domain Name System - Administrative contact, Domain Name System - Technical contact, Domain Name System - Billing contact, Domain Name System - Name servers, Domain Name System - Politics, Domain Name System - Truth in Domain Names Act Read more here: » Domain Name System: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - Internationalized domain names |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - Types of DNS records Important categories of data stored in the DNS include the following:
An A record or address record maps a hostname to a 32-bit IPv4 address.
An AAAA record or IPv6 address record maps a hostname to a 128-bit IPv6 address.
A CNAME record or canonical name record makes one domain name an alias of another. The aliased domain gets all the subdomains and DNS records of the original.
An MX record or mail exchange record maps a domain name to a list of ...
See also:Domain Name System, Domain Name System - A brief history of the DNS, Domain Name System - How the DNS works in theory, Domain Name System - Actors, Domain Name System - Understanding the parts of a domain name, Domain Name System - An example of theoretical DNS recursion, Domain Name System - Understanding domain registration and glue records, Domain Name System - DNS in practice, Domain Name System - Caching and time to live, Domain Name System - Caching time, Domain Name System - DNS in the real world, Domain Name System - Other DNS applications, Domain Name System - Standards, Domain Name System - Types of DNS records, Domain Name System - Internationalized domain names, Domain Name System - DNS software, Domain Name System - Legal users of domains, Domain Name System - Registrant, Domain Name System - Administrative contact, Domain Name System - Technical contact, Domain Name System - Billing contact, Domain Name System - Name servers, Domain Name System - Politics, Domain Name System - Truth in Domain Names Act Read more here: » Domain Name System: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - Types of DNS records |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Crazy Frog - Single releases
Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog - Axel F.
Main article: Axel F (Crazy Frog song)
A German dance duo named Bass Bumpers made a dance single starring the Crazy Frog, mixed with Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F". The single was released on May 23, 2005 and reached the number one spot in the UK Singles Chart ([8]), outselling the nearest contender, Coldplay, by three or four copies to one. This is the official song endorsed by Jamster! and actually samples the original sound; subsequent songs created their own samples of the sound. An example of this is Robert Mackle's "Crazy Frog vs Coldplay"[9], w ...
See also:Crazy Frog, Crazy Frog - History, Crazy Frog - Description, Crazy Frog - Ringtone, Crazy Frog - Lyrics, Crazy Frog - Controversy, Crazy Frog - Single releases, Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog - Axel F, Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog - Popcorn, Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog - Jingle Bells/U Can't Touch This, Crazy Frog - Pondlife - Ring Ding Ding, Crazy Frog - Frog Must Die - Kill The Frog, Crazy Frog - L.O.C. - Ring Ding Ding Frog, Crazy Frog - Singles - Discography, Crazy Frog - Album releases, Crazy Frog - Crazy Hits, Crazy Frog - Video Games, Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog Racer, Crazy Frog - Merchandise, Crazy Frog - TV series, Crazy Frog - Tour Read more here: » Crazy Frog: Encyclopedia II - Crazy Frog - Single releases |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Crazy Frog - Description The title character in The Annoying Thing is an anthropomorphic amphibian that is quite frog-like in appearance. The character wears only a white motorcycle helmet with the chinstrap unfastened, a leather jacket, and goggles. His toes are webbed, and the iris of the left eye is significantly larger than that of the right. An upper right front tooth is missing. Also present is a set of ambiguous but controversial genitalia.
In the animation, the character imitates the hand movements required to rotate the twistgrip controls of a ...
See also:Crazy Frog, Crazy Frog - History, Crazy Frog - Description, Crazy Frog - Ringtone, Crazy Frog - Lyrics, Crazy Frog - Controversy, Crazy Frog - Single releases, Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog - Axel F, Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog - Popcorn, Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog - Jingle Bells/U Can't Touch This, Crazy Frog - Pondlife - Ring Ding Ding, Crazy Frog - Frog Must Die - Kill The Frog, Crazy Frog - L.O.C. - Ring Ding Ding Frog, Crazy Frog - Singles - Discography, Crazy Frog - Album releases, Crazy Frog - Crazy Hits, Crazy Frog - Video Games, Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog Racer, Crazy Frog - Merchandise, Crazy Frog - TV series, Crazy Frog - Tour Read more here: » Crazy Frog: Encyclopedia II - Crazy Frog - Description |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Crazy Frog - Album releases
Crazy Frog - Crazy Hits.
Main article: Crazy Frog Presents Crazy Hits
An album entitled Crazy Frog Presents Crazy Hits was released on July 25, 2005. [11]. Samples from the song are available on the Crazy Hits website. It reached #5 on the UK Albums Chart and #19 on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart.
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See also:Crazy Frog, Crazy Frog - History, Crazy Frog - Description, Crazy Frog - Ringtone, Crazy Frog - Lyrics, Crazy Frog - Controversy, Crazy Frog - Single releases, Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog - Axel F, Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog - Popcorn, Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog - Jingle Bells/U Can't Touch This, Crazy Frog - Pondlife - Ring Ding Ding, Crazy Frog - Frog Must Die - Kill The Frog, Crazy Frog - L.O.C. - Ring Ding Ding Frog, Crazy Frog - Singles - Discography, Crazy Frog - Album releases, Crazy Frog - Crazy Hits, Crazy Frog - Video Games, Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog Racer, Crazy Frog - Merchandise, Crazy Frog - TV series, Crazy Frog - Tour Read more here: » Crazy Frog: Encyclopedia II - Crazy Frog - Album releases |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Crazy Frog - Video Games
Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog Racer.
On July 1, 2005, UK-based publishers Digital Jesters announced that they had acquired the rights to the video game licence for the Crazy Frog. Crazy Frog Racer, to be released in November 2005, is a racing game for the PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance and PC[12].
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See also:Crazy Frog, Crazy Frog - History, Crazy Frog - Description, Crazy Frog - Ringtone, Crazy Frog - Lyrics, Crazy Frog - Controversy, Crazy Frog - Single releases, Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog - Axel F, Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog - Popcorn, Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog - Jingle Bells/U Can't Touch This, Crazy Frog - Pondlife - Ring Ding Ding, Crazy Frog - Frog Must Die - Kill The Frog, Crazy Frog - L.O.C. - Ring Ding Ding Frog, Crazy Frog - Singles - Discography, Crazy Frog - Album releases, Crazy Frog - Crazy Hits, Crazy Frog - Video Games, Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog Racer, Crazy Frog - Merchandise, Crazy Frog - TV series, Crazy Frog - Tour Read more here: » Crazy Frog: Encyclopedia II - Crazy Frog - Video Games |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - How the DNS works in theory
Domain Name System - Actors.
The domain name space is a tree of domain names. Each node or leaf in the tree is associated with resource records, which hold the information associated with the domain name. The tree is divided into zones. A zone is a collection of connected nodes that are authoritatively served by an authoritative DNS nameserver. (Note that a single nameserver can host several zones.)
When a system administrator wants to let another administrator control a part of the do ...
See also:Domain Name System, Domain Name System - A brief history of the DNS, Domain Name System - How the DNS works in theory, Domain Name System - Actors, Domain Name System - Understanding the parts of a domain name, Domain Name System - An example of theoretical DNS recursion, Domain Name System - Understanding domain registration and glue records, Domain Name System - DNS in practice, Domain Name System - Caching and time to live, Domain Name System - Caching time, Domain Name System - DNS in the real world, Domain Name System - Other DNS applications, Domain Name System - Standards, Domain Name System - Types of DNS records, Domain Name System - Internationalized domain names, Domain Name System - DNS software, Domain Name System - Legal users of domains, Domain Name System - Registrant, Domain Name System - Administrative contact, Domain Name System - Technical contact, Domain Name System - Billing contact, Domain Name System - Name servers, Domain Name System - Politics, Domain Name System - Truth in Domain Names Act Read more here: » Domain Name System: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - How the DNS works in theory |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - A brief history of the DNS The practice of using a name as a more human-legible abstraction of a machine's numerical address on the network predates even TCP/IP, all the way back to the ARPAnet era. Originally, each computer on the network retrieved a file called HOSTS.TXT from SRI (now SRI International) which mapped an address (eg. 192.0.34.166) to a name (eg. www.example.com.) The Hosts file still exists on most modern operating systems either by default or through configuration and allows users to specify an IP Address to use for a hostname without checking ...
See also:Domain Name System, Domain Name System - A brief history of the DNS, Domain Name System - How the DNS works in theory, Domain Name System - Actors, Domain Name System - Understanding the parts of a domain name, Domain Name System - An example of theoretical DNS recursion, Domain Name System - Understanding domain registration and glue records, Domain Name System - DNS in practice, Domain Name System - Caching and time to live, Domain Name System - Caching time, Domain Name System - DNS in the real world, Domain Name System - Other DNS applications, Domain Name System - Standards, Domain Name System - Types of DNS records, Domain Name System - Internationalized domain names, Domain Name System - DNS software, Domain Name System - Legal users of domains, Domain Name System - Registrant, Domain Name System - Administrative contact, Domain Name System - Technical contact, Domain Name System - Billing contact, Domain Name System - Name servers, Domain Name System - Politics, Domain Name System - Truth in Domain Names Act Read more here: » Domain Name System: Encyclopedia II - Domain Name System - A brief history of the DNS |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Perl - Opinion Perl engenders strong feelings among both its proponents and its detractors.
Perl - Pro.
Programmers who like Perl typically cite its power, expressiveness, and ease of use. Perl provides infrastructure for many common programming tasks, such as string and list processing. Other tasks, such as memory management, are handled automatically and transparently. Programmers coming from other languages to Perl often find that whole classes of problems that they have struggled with in the past just don't aris ...
See also:Perl, Perl - History, Perl - Future, Perl - The name Perl, Perl - The camel symbol, Perl - Philosophy, Perl - Usage, Perl - Syntax, Perl - Sample code, Perl - Data structures, Perl - Control structures, Perl - Subroutines, Perl - Regular expressions, Perl - Resources, Perl - Implementations, Perl - Database interfaces, Perl - CPAN, Perl - Availability, Perl - Supported platforms, Perl - License, Perl - Opinion, Perl - Pro, Perl - Con, Perl - Fun with Perl Read more here: » Perl: Encyclopedia II - Perl - Opinion |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Domain name - Generic domain names — problems arising out of unregulated name selection Within a particular top-level domain, parties are generally free to select an unallocated domain name as their own on a first come, first served basis. For generic or commonly used names, this may sometimes lead to the use of a domain name which is inaccurate or misleading. This problem can be seen with regard to the ownership or control of domain names for a generic product or service.
By way of illustration, there has been tremendous growth in the number and size of literary festivals around the world in recent years. In this contex ...
See also:Domain name, Domain name - Examples, Domain name - Top-level domains, Domain name - Official assignment, Domain name - Uses and abuses, Domain name - Generic domain names — problems arising out of unregulated name selection, Domain name - Unconventional domain names, Domain name - Commercial resale of domain names, Domain name - Caveat Emptor Read more here: » Domain name: Encyclopedia II - Domain name - Generic domain names — problems arising out of unregulated name selection |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Perl - Name Perl was originally named "Pearl", after "the pearl of great price" of Matthew 13:46. Larry Wall wanted to give the language a short name with positive connotations; he claims that he looked at (and rejected) every three- and four-letter word in the dictionary. He also considered naming it after his wife Gloria. Wall discovered before the language's official release that there was already a programming language named PEARL and chan ...
See also:Perl, Perl - Overview, Perl - Language features, Perl - Applications, Perl - Implementation, Perl - Availability, Perl - Language structure, Perl - Example Program, Perl - Data types, Perl - Control structures, Perl - Subroutines, Perl - Regular expressions, Perl - Database interfaces, Perl - Language design, Perl - Opinion, Perl - Pro, Perl - Con, Perl - History, Perl - Future, Perl - CPAN, Perl - Name, Perl - The Camel Symbol, Perl - Fun with Perl Read more here: » Perl: Encyclopedia II - Perl - Name |
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| | | | | VeriSign: Encyclopedia II - Perl - History Larry Wall began work on Perl in 1987, and released version 1.0 to the comp.sources.misc newsgroup on December 18, 1987. The language expanded rapidly over the next few years. Perl 2, released in 1988, featured a better regular expression engine. Perl 3, released in 1989, added support for binary data.
Until 1991, the only documentation for Perl was a single (increasingly lengthy) man page. In 1991, Programming Perl (the Camel Book) was published, and became the de facto reference for the language. At the same time, the Perl version number was bumped to 4, not to mark a major change in the language, but to identify the version ...
See also:Perl, Perl - History, Perl - Future, Perl - The name Perl, Perl - The camel symbol, Perl - Philosophy, Perl - Usage, Perl - Syntax, Perl - Sample code, Perl - Data structures, Perl - Control structures, Perl - Subroutines, Perl - Regular expressions, Perl - Resources, Perl - Implementations, Perl - Database interfaces, Perl - CPAN, Perl - Availability, Perl - Supported platforms, Perl - License, Perl - Opinion, Perl - Pro, Perl - Con, Perl - Fun with Perl Read more here: » Perl: Encyclopedia II - Perl - History |
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