Information about .example
) IANA -- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority | |
| Introduced | 1999 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Reserved top-level domain |
| Status | Reserved to prevent actual use |
| Registry | IANA |
| Sponsor | None |
| Intended use | Example addresses in documentation, designed to never match an address in real use on the Internet |
| Actual use | Sometimes used in intended manner, though writers haven't always read the applicable RFC so they sometimes use different (non-reserved) names instead, which can end up being somebody's real address |
| Registration restrictions | No registrations are possible, as this domain is not in the root |
| Structure | Writers of examples can use it in any desired structure; it doesn't really exist |
| Documents | RFC 2606 |
| Dispute policies | None |
| Web site | |
The stated purpose for the creation of ".example" was to provide TLDs for examples in documentation and other technical writing, such that conflict with global DNS can be avoided. However, it has been criticised for not being "real enough", as it is longer than real TLDs: all existing TLDs except the .museum and .travel domains have at most four characters.
References
See also
- example.com
- 192.0.2.0/24 – IPv4 range reserved for documentation and example code by RFC 3330
| Generic top-level domains | ||
|---|---|---|
| Unsponsored | .biz .com .edu .gov .info .int .mil .name .net .org | |
| Sponsored | .aero .asia .cat .coop .jobs .mobi .museum .pro .tel .travel | |
| Infrastructure | .arpa .root | |
| Proposed | .berlin .bzh .cym .gal .geo .kid .kids .lat .mail .nyc .post .sco .web .xxx | |
| Deleted/retired | .nato | |
| Reserved | .example .invalid .localhost .test | |
| Pseudo-domains | .bitnet .csnet .ip .local .onion .uucp | |
| Unofficial | see Alternative DNS roots | |
See also: Country code top-level domains | ||
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Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is the entity that oversees global IP address allocation, DNS root zone management, and other Internet protocol assignments. It is operated by ICANN.
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On the Internet, the Domain Name System (DNS) associates various sorts of information with so-called domain names; most importantly, it serves as the "phone book" for the Internet by translating human-readable computer hostnames, e.g. en.wikipedia.
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.localhost
Introduced 1999
TLD type Reserved top-level domain
Status Reserved to prevent actual use
Registry IANA
Sponsor None
Intended use Identifies the current local computer; reserved at the top level of the DNS to prevent remote addresses that conflict
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Introduced 1999
TLD type Reserved top-level domain
Status Reserved to prevent actual use
Registry IANA
Sponsor None
Intended use Identifies the current local computer; reserved at the top level of the DNS to prevent remote addresses that conflict
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.test
Introduced 1999
TLD type Reserved top-level domain
Status Reserved to prevent actual use
Registry IANA
Sponsor None
Intended use Addresses used in internal testing, designed to never match an address in actual use on the Internet
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Introduced 1999
TLD type Reserved top-level domain
Status Reserved to prevent actual use
Registry IANA
Sponsor None
Intended use Addresses used in internal testing, designed to never match an address in actual use on the Internet
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.museum
Introduced 2001
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Museum Domain Management Association
Sponsor Museum Domain Management Association (set up by International Council of Museums)
Intended use Museums
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Introduced 2001
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Museum Domain Management Association
Sponsor Museum Domain Management Association (set up by International Council of Museums)
Intended use Museums
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.travel
Introduced 2005
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Tralliance Corporation
Sponsor The Travel Partnership Corporation
Intended use Travel industry
Actual use A few travel-related sites are up in this domain as of late 2005
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Introduced 2005
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Tralliance Corporation
Sponsor The Travel Partnership Corporation
Intended use Travel industry
Actual use A few travel-related sites are up in this domain as of late 2005
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example.com, example.net, and example.org are second-level domain names reserved (by RFC 2606, Section 3) for use in documentation as examples. They are not available for registration.
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Internet Protocol version 4 is the fourth iteration of the Internet Protocol (IP) and it is the first version of the protocol to be widely deployed. IPv4 is the dominant network layer protocol on the Internet and apart from IPv6 it is the only standard internetwork-layer protocol
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A generic top-level domain (gTLD) is a top-level domain used (at least in theory) by a particular class of organization. These are three or more letters long, and are named for the type of organization that they represent (for example, .com for commercial organizations).
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.biz
Introduced 2001
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Neulevel (90% owned by Neustar)
Sponsor None
Intended use Businesses
Actual use Various uses; many held by speculators or used in spam
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Introduced 2001
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Neulevel (90% owned by Neustar)
Sponsor None
Intended use Businesses
Actual use Various uses; many held by speculators or used in spam
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.com
Introduced 1985
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry VeriSign
Sponsor None
Intended use Commercial entities (worldwide)
Actual use Used for virtually any commercial or non-commercial website and is generally accepted as the standard
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Introduced 1985
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry VeriSign
Sponsor None
Intended use Commercial entities (worldwide)
Actual use Used for virtually any commercial or non-commercial website and is generally accepted as the standard
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.edu
Introduced 1985
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Educause (operated by VeriSign)
Sponsor Not technically sponsored, but Educause is a nonprofit organization
Intended use Educational institutions
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Introduced 1985
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Educause (operated by VeriSign)
Sponsor Not technically sponsored, but Educause is a nonprofit organization
Intended use Educational institutions
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.gov
Introduced 1985
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry General Services Administration, operated by ZoneEdit
Sponsor None
Intended use Governmental entities
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Introduced 1985
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry General Services Administration, operated by ZoneEdit
Sponsor None
Intended use Governmental entities
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.info
Introduced 2001
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Afilias
Sponsor None
Intended use Informational sites
Actual use A variety of uses, many information, some held by speculators
Registration restrictions None
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Introduced 2001
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Afilias
Sponsor None
Intended use Informational sites
Actual use A variety of uses, many information, some held by speculators
Registration restrictions None
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.int
Introduced 1988
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry IANA
Sponsor None
Intended use International treaty organizations
Actual use Organizations with United Nations observer status
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Introduced 1988
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry IANA
Sponsor None
Intended use International treaty organizations
Actual use Organizations with United Nations observer status
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.mil
Introduced 1985
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Defense Information Systems Agency
Sponsor None
Intended use Military entities
Actual use Agencies, services and divisions of the United States Department of Defense
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Introduced 1985
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Defense Information Systems Agency
Sponsor None
Intended use Military entities
Actual use Agencies, services and divisions of the United States Department of Defense
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.name
Introduced 2001
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Global Name Registry (operated by VeriSign)
Sponsor None
Intended use Personal sites of individuals
Actual use Mostly used as intended, but has not grown as fast as .com/.biz/.
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Introduced 2001
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Global Name Registry (operated by VeriSign)
Sponsor None
Intended use Personal sites of individuals
Actual use Mostly used as intended, but has not grown as fast as .com/.biz/.
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.NET may refer to
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- The .net top-level domain
- .NET Framework, a Microsoft framework for application development
- Portable.NET
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.org
Introduced 1985
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Public Interest Registry (operated by Afilias)
Sponsor Not technically sponsored, but PIR is connected with the Internet Society
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Introduced 1985
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Public Interest Registry (operated by Afilias)
Sponsor Not technically sponsored, but PIR is connected with the Internet Society
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A sponsored top-level domain is a generic top-level domain proposed by an independent agency, with that agency establishing and enforcing rules restricting the eligibility of registrants to use the TLD. For example, the .
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.aero
Introduced March 17, 2002
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Active
Registry SITA INC B.V. (registry agreement ends in December, 2005 and new registry operator is being sought)
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Introduced March 17, 2002
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Active
Registry SITA INC B.V. (registry agreement ends in December, 2005 and new registry operator is being sought)
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.asia
Introduced 2006
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Approved
Registry Afilias
Sponsor DotAsia Organisation
Intended use As a regional domain for Asia and the Pacific
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Introduced 2006
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Approved
Registry Afilias
Sponsor DotAsia Organisation
Intended use As a regional domain for Asia and the Pacific
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.cat
Introduced 2005
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Associació puntCAT
Sponsor Fundació puntCAT
Intended use Catalan linguistic and cultural community
Actual use 15,000 domains and about 3 million web pages (As of July 2006)
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Introduced 2005
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Associació puntCAT
Sponsor Fundació puntCAT
Intended use Catalan linguistic and cultural community
Actual use 15,000 domains and about 3 million web pages (As of July 2006)
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.coop
Introduced 2001
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Midcounties Co-operative operates the registry on behalf of DotCooperation LLC
Sponsor DotCooperation LLC, a subsidiary of the National Cooperative Business Association
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Introduced 2001
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Midcounties Co-operative operates the registry on behalf of DotCooperation LLC
Sponsor DotCooperation LLC, a subsidiary of the National Cooperative Business Association
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.jobs
Introduced 2005
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Employ Media LLC
Sponsor The Society for Human Resource Management
Intended use Human resource management community; for companies and organizations to post their job listings
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Introduced 2005
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Employ Media LLC
Sponsor The Society for Human Resource Management
Intended use Human resource management community; for companies and organizations to post their job listings
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.mobi
Introduced 2005
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Approved
Registry Mobi JV (Mobi TLD)
Sponsor Nokia / Vodafone / Microsoft / Afilias
Intended use Sites intended for mobile device use
Actual use Began to be available for use in 2006
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Introduced 2005
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Approved
Registry Mobi JV (Mobi TLD)
Sponsor Nokia / Vodafone / Microsoft / Afilias
Intended use Sites intended for mobile device use
Actual use Began to be available for use in 2006
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.museum
Introduced 2001
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Museum Domain Management Association
Sponsor Museum Domain Management Association (set up by International Council of Museums)
Intended use Museums
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Introduced 2001
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Museum Domain Management Association
Sponsor Museum Domain Management Association (set up by International Council of Museums)
Intended use Museums
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.pro
Introduced 2001
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry RegistryPro
Sponsor none
Intended use Professionals such as physicians, lawyers, and accountants
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Introduced 2001
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry RegistryPro
Sponsor none
Intended use Professionals such as physicians, lawyers, and accountants
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