What characters are valid in domain names?

There are naming conventions for domain names although similar, the character validation rules vary slightly depending on domain name type:

1. Characters allowed abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-
2. Cannot start or end with a hyphen
3. Cannot contain spaces
4. UK Domains: length between 2-63 characters
5. COM, NET, ORG Domains: length between 2-67 characters
6. INFO Domains: length between 3-68 characters
7. BIZ Domains: length between 3-68 characters

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