whois

Speech parts

1. whois - Noun

2. whois - Verb

Meaning

whois (usually uncountable, plural whoises)

(Internet) The WHOIS protocol or service.

whois (third-person singular simple present whoises, present participle whoising, simple past and past participle whoised)

(Internet, transitive) To look up using a whois protocol.
We whoised the domain to find out who was sending the spam.

Examples

For most of the more than 290 country code top-level domains (ccTLDs), the domain registries maintain the WHOIS (Registrant, name servers, expiration dates, etc.) information. Source: Internet

For most of the 250 country code top-level domains (ccTLDs), the domain registries maintain the WHOIS (Registrant, name servers, expiration dates, etc.) information. Source: Internet

Each RIR maintains a publicly searchable WHOIS database that provides information about IP address assignments. Source: Internet

In certain provinces, the MIIT accepts a domain WHOIS screenshot. Source: Internet

Ensure that you can enable WHOIS privacy and verify how much (if anything) you’ll have to shell out to keep your personal information safe. Source: Internet

If you’ve clicked on a link or navigated to a site that, for whatever reason, gives you a funny feeling, you can always check it out on WHOIS to see if it’s the company or service it claims to be. Source: Internet

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