IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names) are foreign language (not English) domain names that contain non-ASCII (A-Z, 0-9) characters. With the majority of internet users not speaking English as a first or second language, and these numbers growing increasingly quicker, IDNs look set to change the face of the internet, allowing natives to type in domains in their native language. This should expotentially grow the amount of domains and users of non-English speaking internet users, increasing the internet's useability and truely making it global.
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