About IDN domain names

IDN means - Internationalized Domain Name. These are domain names that include non-ASCII (non-English) characters.
To be able to see and use IDN, you should use a browser that can read (convert Unicode into Punycode). Browsers that support IDNs are IE7, Firefox, Opera and Netscape.
IDNs were developed and promoted by Verisign (.com and .net registry) since late 2000. Verisign are working with ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and governing body of the internet, to make IDN a global reality. The next step with IDNs will be the development of fully multilingual domains, with names and extensions both in the foreign language. It is thought that fully multilingual domains may be made compatible (will point to the same IP address) with their English extension versions.