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What are the valid characters for a domain name and how long can it be?

SUMMARY

26 Characters.

DETAILED SOLUTION

The only valid characters for a domain name are letters, numbers and a hyphen "-". Other special characters like the underscore "_" or an exclamation mark "!" are NOT permitted. A domain name can be up to 26 characters long -- including the 4 characters used to identify the Top Level Domain (.NET, .COM, .ORG, or .EDU). Examples: example.com is a valid domain name (11 characters) http://www.example.com is not a domain name, it is a uniform resource locator (URL) used by Web browsers to find documents and resources.

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