web address prefixing

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I don't even know where to start with this one. So I thought I'd try here.
You know how some websites have divided their site up using different subnames on the addresses? Like my school for instance, divides theirs up by college. So the addresses look like:
business.kennesaw.edu and
science.kennesaw.edu

So how do they do that? Initially I thought it was subnet masking, and it prolly is somehow related, only with the name and not the IP address. But I don't even know what you call it. Maybe server prefixing. I'm not sure. Could someone tell me where to start? Maybe how it's done? That would be great.
Thanks, M.austin

 

[Wullie]

Hi mate,

It is called a sub-domain.

I can't provide details as this is too complicated to go into.

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[cian]

Hi,

Do you currently have webspace on the net? If you ask your web host they will be able to give you all the information you need and probably can set up sub-domains if you need them.



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Yea, I have web hosting somewhere else, and I will ask them if they do it...If they do, i'm sure i only need to request it, and they'll take care of the rest.

I was mostly wondering because I feel like its something i should know. I figured out how to do it with IIS 5 and DNS, and, like most Windows apps, its a pretty simple thing. Do you know if setting it up in BIND is difficult? (i also run linux, but consider myself a super-novice)