Top-Level-DomainJianhao Fang

Milica Barjaktarovic

21 April 2015

5 Famous Top Level Domain

.GOV .EDU .NET .ORG .COM

.Gov

Government

Used exclusively by United States governmental

entities

.Edu

Education

Also can potentially

represent any

educational institution.

While for some time it

was used unofficially for

4-year universities

.Net

Network

Use for organizations involved in networking technologies

This includes internet service providers and anything else relating to

networking and infrastructure, corporate or otherwise

.Org

Organization

The websites that use this extension are usually run by

organizations like non-profits or charities.

Religion, cultural institutions, civic, associations, else

.Com

Commercial

Most websites using this

type of domain are of a

business or commercial

nature

Reference

Goux, J. (n.d.). What Do .Com, .Org. & .Net Mean? Retrieved from ehow:

http://www.ehow.com/about_6532193_do-_com_-_org_-_net-mean_.htm

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Pearson, M. (2015, March 13). 30 years of .com. Retrieved from CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/13/living/feat-30-years-dot-com/index.ht

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