What is WHOIS?
The information found in the InterNIC and DDN NIC's WHOIS directories includes: domain names and
IP addresses, contact names, company names, postal and electronic mail addresses,
phone numbers, etc.
WHOIS is used :
- to find information about networks, domains, and hosts
- to locate contact information (people) for networks and domains
- when registering a domain name, to see if the name is already in use
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