A domain name is the human‑readable address you type into a browser to visit a website, like google.com or example.org. It usually has two main parts: the name (like “google”) and the extension (like “.com”). Here are some clear examples of domain names:

  • google.com
  • youtube.com
  • amazon.com
  • wikipedia.org
  • harvard.edu
  • example.com

If you look at a full web address like https://www.example.com/page, the domain name example in that URL is just example.com (the “https://”, “www.”, and “/page” parts are not part of the domain itself).