When the concept of computer-to-computer communication was tested in the late 1960s, protocols and rules were based on existing technology—the telegraph, the telephone, etc. As new innovations in Internet science have progressed and users from all parts of the globe participate in growing numbers, a new system of domain names is needed. Domain names, such as www.ucg.org, allow us to use letters rather than numbers to direct our Web browser to the correct site.

However, the Domain Name System (DNS) was designed by Paul Mockapetris in 1983 to be used with languages, such as English, that use Latin letters. Since this leaves out languages that don't use Latin letters, a new system is being created to address this problem. Soon many character systems will be able to be used on the Internet (Bill Thompson, "An Internet That Speaks to You," BBC News, Oct. 30, 2009).