Domain names

The full domain name is the sequence of names from the current domain back to the root, with a period separating the names. For instance, oreilly.com indicates the domain oreilly (for O'Reilly & Associates), which is under the domain com (for commercial). One machine under this domain is www.oreilly.com. Top-level domains include:

aero
Air-transport industry

biz
Commercial organizations

com
Commercial organizations

coop
Cooperatives

edu
United States educational organizations

gov
United States government organizations

info
Informative sites

int
International organizations

mil
United States military departments

museum
Museums

name
Names of individuals

net
Commercial Internet organizations, usually Internet service providers

org
Miscellaneous organizations

pro
Professionals, including accountants, lawyers, and physicians

Some domains (e.g., edu, gov, and mil) are sponsored by organizations that restrict their use; others (e.g., com, info, net, and org) are unrestricted. Countries also have their own two-letter top-level domains based on two-letter country codes. One special domain, arpa, is used for technical infrastructure purposes. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) oversees top-level domains and provides contact information for sponsored domains.




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This entry was posted by Stephen McLaughlin, on 28 January 2009. You can leave your response.