IDN
Today I learnt something new, the world of IDN or Internationalised Domain Names. What is that? Basically domain names that are NOT in ASCII! Cool rite? Try these links:
http://مثال.إختبار
http://例子.测试
http://例子.測試
http://παράδειγμα.δοκιμή
http://उदाहरण.परीक्षा
http://例え.テスト
http://실례.테스트
http://مثال.آزمایشی
http://пример.испытание
http://உதாரணம்.பரிட்சை
http://בײַשפּיל.טעסט
Cool rite? Seems like now got such unicode domain name, but what happens in the background is that it is converted into an ASCII string that looks like http://xn--oaoughou, the key here is the xn-- and after that is a unique ASCII string that is mapped to the unicode domain name. Juz like DNS mapping of IP address to ASCII string, now is Unicode -> ASCII -> IP.
Nice!
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