Internationalized Domain Name ,IDN,"IDNs are domain names that include characters used in the local representation of languages that are not written with the twenty-six letters of the basic Latin alphabet ""a-z"" | All operations defined in the DNS protocol use A-labels exclusively |
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ICANN is not responsible for profile content or verification of user details | Although the definitions of A-labels and LDH-labels overlap, a name consisting exclusively of LDH labels, such as""icann |
The ASCII form of an IDN label is termed an ""A-label"".
A domain name that only includes ASCII letters, digits, and hyphens is termed an ""LDH label"" | Many languages also use other types of digits than the European ""0-9"" |
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org"" is not an IDN | The following terminology is used when distinguishing between these forms: A domain name consists of a series of ""labels"" separated by ""dots"" |
These are also included in the broader range of ""Unicode characters"" that provides the basis for IDNs.