Punycode is an encoding system used to convert Unicode to ASCII characters. The primary purpose of using Punycode is to encode International Domain Names (IDN). Punycode converter is also known as the IDN converter.

Punycode is an encoding system used to convert Unicode (UTF-8) characters into the basic ASCII (7-bit) characters set. Punycode is used to translate International Domain Names (IDN) or International Network Hostnames into ASCII.

You may use foreign language in the browser address bar, and the web browser will automatically convert the URL into a Punycode so that DNS can understand it.