WHOIS

Domain	Definition
Computing	Whois An Internet directory service for looking up names of people on a remote server. Many servers respond to TCP queries on port 43, in a manner roughly analogous to the DDN NIC whois service described in RFC 954. Other sites provide this directory service via the finger protocol or accept queries by electronic mail for directory information. On Unix the client command is whois -h server_name person_name You can also type "telnet server_name 43" and then type the person's name on a separate line. For a list of whois servers, FTP/Gopher: sipb.mit.edu. Or whois -h sipb.mit.edu whois-servers As the above command demonstrates, whois can find information about things other than users, e.g. domains, networks and hosts. See also finger, X.500, white pages. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Whois

Whois is a protocol for submitting a query to a database for determing the owner of a domain name, an IP network, or an autonomous system number.

For instance a whois query on wikipedia.org results in the following:

Domain ID:D51687756-LROR Domain Name:WIKIPEDIA.ORG Created On:13-Jan-2001 00:12:14 UTC Last Updated On:19-Oct-2003 02:52:44 UTC Expiration Date:13-Jan-2005 00:12:14 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:R71-LROR Status:OK Registrant ID:C3819183-RCOM Registrant Name:Jimmy Wales Registrant Organization:Bomis,Inc. Registrant Street1:4455LamontSt.,Suite3 Registrant City:SanDiego Registrant State/Province:CA Registrant Postal Code:92109 Registrant Country:US Registrant Phone:+1.6192739361 Registrant FAX:+1.6192739363 Registrant Email:jwales@bomis.com Admin ID:C11978190-RCOM Admin Name:Jimmy Wales Admin Organization:Bomis,Inc. Admin Street1:3585HancockSt.,SuiteA Admin City:SanDiego Admin State/Province:CA Admin Postal Code:92110 Admin Country:US Admin Phone:+1.6192961732 Admin Email:jwales@bomis.com Tech ID:C1-RCOM Tech Name:Domain Registrar Tech Organization:Register.Com Tech Street1:5758thAvenue Tech City:NewYork Tech State/Province:NY Tech Postal Code:10018 Tech Country:US Tech Phone:+1.9027492701 Tech Email:domain-registrar@register.com Name Server:DNS33.REGISTER.COM Name Server:DNS34.REGISTER.COM

External links

RFC954, official definition of Whois
Whois, run a Whois query via this web page

Anagrams: WHOIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "h-i-o-s-w"
	-1 letter: hows, show, wish.
	-2 letters: his, how, ohs, sow, who, wis, wos.
	-3 letters: hi, ho, is, oh, os, ow, sh, si, so, wo.
	Words containing the letters "h-i-o-s-w"
	+1 letter: lowish, owlish, whosis.
	+2 letters: cowfish, howdies, outwish, showbiz, showier, showily, showing, slowish, townish, wholism, whoosis, whorish, wolfish, wormish, worship.
	+3 letters: blowfish, brownish, chowsing, clownish, cowhides, dowdyish, fishbowl, fishworm, misthrow, owlishly, rowdyish, shipworm, showgirl, showiest, showings, showring, showtime, sideshow, township, whitlows, wholisms, whosises, wineshop, wishbone, withouts, wolffish, womanish, wooshing, worships, worthies.
	+4 letters: bobwhites, chowtimes, cowfishes, dishtowel, downhills, downshift, fishbowls, fishworms, hairworks, hairworms, highbrows, hoodwinks, horsewhip, housewife, howitzers, inchworms, ingrowths, lowlights, misthrown, misthrows, nonwhites, otherwise, outweighs, outwhirls, outwished, outwishes, ownership, reshowing, sallowish, shadowier, shadowily, shadowing, shipowner, shipworms, showbizzy, showering, showgirls, showiness, showpiece, showrings, showtimes, sideshows, swooshing, swordfish, thindowns, townships, whinstone, whipcords, whipstock, whipworms, whiteouts, whodunits, wholistic, whooshing, whoosises, wifehoods, wineshops, wishbones, withholds, withstood, wolfishly, wordsmith, worshiped, worshiper, worthiest, yellowish.
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