Owners of the website having some knowledge of domain registration would have to know about some typical terms connected to the same. The definition and explanation of the major terms are as follows.
Registrar
The acting service that takes the information about registration and reserves main domain from main registry is known as a registrar. A reseller can also be a registrar who will carry on with the same action. The main difference between a registrar and reseller lies with the fact that the reseller would carry on with the procedures behind the scenes. An accredited registrar would always wish to advertise the domain. The registrar who is not having an official recognition would be taking help from a reseller.
Registry
For registering a domain name, an individual will be asked to provide the registrar connected with various contact as well as technical information. The registrar is designated to keep all the contact information which he has received in the due course. The central directory in which all the technical information is send is known as registry. Other computers on internet are provided with information by the registry to send email.
Registration of domain name
Generally the top level registry service where the domains with top level extensions can be specifically registered can be termed as domain name registry. This top level registry can be operated with two major modes of operation. These are specifically known as thin and thick mode.
The connection of thick mode is with example ORG registry. Here the particular mode would be holding all the domain names with the inclusion of all the resistant information. A laymen being the owner of a website will not have to think much about the procedure of domain registry.
Domain name with registrar
Internet space can provide us with different types of domain name registrars. The company which would provide us with the service of domain name registration to all its registrants can be termed as domain name registrar. A domain name is leased to the registrants for a period of 1 year to 10 years in exchange of a fee. Every year an individual owner has to provide the company with the fee otherwise this would be taken over by another company. The price of annual fee would include operating cost and the profit on it.
Difference between registrar and registry
In order to make the relationship between registry and registrar simple, we can create a comparison of the same with that of an index and a book. An individual having a look at the index of the chapter will be aware of the names and contents of all the chapters included in the particular book.
Naturally, the registries would act as an index. As we know that a particular domain name can be allocated only once, registrar would rather store the actual registration detail with regards to the information connected to the particular owner of the domain. The holder of domain name is not seen to have an interaction with the registry but the contact details are maintained by the register.