General Top Level Domain Information (TLD or gTLDs)
The ''top level domain system'' is one of the internet's ways of sorting things out.
TLDs are a system where .COM, .NET, .ORG or other suffix at the end of a domain name are
supposed to determine what type of entity is using that name for it's website or other
internet resource.
In the beginning of public use of the internet, seven TLDs or "top level domains" were created to
organize information and users into categories appropriate for their distinct needs.
TLDs are designated by the characters after the last "dot" in a domain name, (".com" is the most well known).
Below is a list of the original seven TLDs. Many more have since been added including
country specific two letter codes (ccTLDs)
and specialized TLDs such as ".biz", ".info", ".pro", ".name".
The Seven Original TLDs:
- .com - unrestricted, (but intended for commercial registrants)
- .net - originally established for computer networking entities.
- .org - for organizations, presumably groups, non-profits, associations, etc..
- .edu - United States educational institutions
- .gov - United States government use.
- .mil - United States military
- .int - organizations established by international treaties between governments
There are more TLDs in use now, (.info, .pro, .aero, .name, .museum TLDs), and more still being planned.
For more TLD info about the Top Level Domains mentioned on this page, click here.
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