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top-level domain (TLD) is the last part of an Internet domain name; that is, the letters which follow the final dot of any domain name. For example, in the domain name www.example.
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top-level domain (TLD) is the last part of an Internet domain name; that is, the letters which follow the final dot of any domain name. For example, in the domain name www.example.
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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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.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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.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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.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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.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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.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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.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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.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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.NET may refer to

• 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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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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.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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.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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.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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.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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.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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.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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.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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.tel

Introduced 2005
TLD type Sponsored top-level domain
Status Approved
Registry Telnic Limited
Sponsor Telname Limited
Intended use Telephone-based services as text alternative to phone numbers
Actual use Not yet available for use
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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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.arpa

Introduced 1985
TLD type Infrastructure domain
Status Active
Registry IANA
Sponsor Internet Architecture Board
Intended use Address and Routing Parameter Area: internal network infrastructure such as reverse IP lookup.
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.root

Introduced First noticed in 2004; introduction date unknown. Deleted around 2006; reappeared in 2006
TLD type Diagnostic root zone entry
Status In root
Registry Not Applicable
Sponsor Not Applicable
Intended use Diagnostic purposes
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There are several proposed top-level domains which have not yet been approved by ICANN, as of 2007.

Location-based

• .berlin - Berlin.
• .nyc - New York City.
• .lat - General Latin American websites, similar to .asia and .eu.

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.berlin

Introduced Not officially introduced; proposed in 2004
TLD type Proposed top-level domain
Status Unofficial proposal
Registry dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG
Sponsor dotBERLIN GmbH & Co.
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.bzh

Introduced Not officially introduced; proposed in 2006
TLD type Proposed top-level domain
Status Unofficial proposal
Registry None at present
Sponsor pikBZH
Intended use See article
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.cym

Introduced Not officially introduced; proposed in 2006
TLD type Proposed top-level domain
Status Unofficial proposal
Registry None at present
Sponsor dotCYM
Intended use See article
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