Non –Geographic Top level Domain Names
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Non –Geographic
Top level Domain Names and uses |
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.com |
– This is the most
popular TLD. It is used mainly for US commercial organizations. It is the
most popular domain
name extension on the Internet.
Anyone can have a .com, but it is more difficult to think up a unique
name that hasn't already been registered. Because of this many domain
name registrars offer alternative names when checking and registering a domain name.
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.net |
– This is the second
most popular TLD. It generally describes the entity owning the domain
name as a network and is used mainly by organizations that provide
network connection services.
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.org |
In general,
non-profit organizations tend to use this extension.
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.gov |
Generally used for
government agencies. Restricted |
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.int |
Intended to be used
for sites relating to International Treaties or containing international
databases. For this reason, it is not widely used. Restricted
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.mil
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Mainly used by
military organizations of the US government. Restricted
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.name |
This is a new TLD
extension and
is intended to allow individuals to register their names (i.e. first
name. Last name .name) as a personal domain name on the Internet.
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.biz |
– This is a new TLD
extension for businesses; .biz is intended to be an alternative to the .com. |
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.info |
– This is also new
TLD,
and is freely available to anyone with a business, government or
non-commercial site.
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.aero |
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This is a new
restricted TLD for service companies dealing
with air travel.
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.pro |
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This is a new
restricted TLD for professions such as law,
medicine, and accounting.
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.coop |
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This is a new
restricted TLD for cooperative organisations
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.museum |
This is a new
restricted TLD for museums, archival
institutions and exhibitions.
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Some of the new TLDs (.biz, .info, .name, and
.pro, .aero, .coop, and .museum) may not be currently live but you can
sometimes pre-register to reserve your domain name. The following lists the
most popular TLDs which are all live.
- .com
- .net
- .org
- .name
- .biz
- .info
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