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The organization is applying for [[.ngo]] and [[.ong]] through ICANN's 2012 [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD program]].<ref>[http://www.ngotld.org/ Home], NGOTLD.org.</ref>

The organization is applying for [[.ngo]] and [[.ong]] through ICANN's 2012 [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD program]].<ref>[http://www.ngotld.org/ Home], NGOTLD.org.</ref>

The company's backend registry services are handled by [[Afilias]].

The company's backend registry services are handled by [[Afilias]]..

== History ==

== History ==

The .org top-level domain was first created in October 1984 by the [[IANA|Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]],<ref>[http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/org.html IANA.org].</ref> as part of its implementation of the [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc920 RFC 920]. Though the RFC limited the scope of the .org domain to non-profit organizations or to organizations of a non-commercial nature, over time, the scope of the domain has expanded to include any entity, whether organizational or individual, commercial or non-commercial.

The .org top-level domain was first created in October 1984 by the [[IANA|Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]],<ref>[http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/org.html IANA.org].</ref> as part of its implementation of the RFC 920. Though the RFC limited the scope of the .org domain to non-profit organizations or to organizations of a non-commercial nature, over time, the scope of the domain has expanded to include any entity, whether organizational or individual, commercial or non-commercial.

The first .org domain was registered by MITRE Corporation, a non-profit organization providing systems engineering and information technology support to the US government, on July 10, 1985.

The first .org domain was registered by MITRE Corporation, a non-profit organization providing systems engineering and information technology support to the US government, on July 10, 1985.