BONUS FACT: Domain names were invented by the ?

 

Domain names were invented by the University of Wisconsin to solve Internet congestion.

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At first, domain names weren't necessary. A much smaller number of computers were communicating via modems and phone lines. IP addresses were all that were needed to find the proper computer to connect with. 

Now the number of computers connecting to the Internet has grown significantly and there are too many to manage with just IP addresses.

The University of Wisconsin helped solve this problem of Internet congestion. In 1983 it created the Domain Name System (DNS) to put text names that are easily remembered by/familiar to humans to complicated IP addresses familiar to computers. 

It's much easier for people to remember Businessinsider.com than Business Insider's actual numerical IP address.