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==History== | ==History== | ||
The .com gTLd along with the other original TLDs were first administered by the United States Department of Defense under the Defense Advance Advance Research Project Agency ([[DARPA]]) when it was first implemented in 1985. The Network Information Center ([[NIC]]) which was run by [[SRI International | The .com gTLd along with the other original TLDs were first administered by the United States Department of Defense under the Defense Advance Advance Research Project Agency ([[DARPA]]) when it was first implemented in 1985. The Network Information Center ([[NIC]]) which was run by [[SRI International]] was the first assigned registrar and administrator of the first domain names.<ref>[http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc920.txt RFC 920]</ref>NIC was responsible in registering and hosting the domain names <ref>[http://www.sri.com/about/timeline/tld-nic.html SRI International]</ref> as well as the responsibility of administering the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.<ref>[http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1020.txt RFC 1020]</ref> On October 1, 1991, the administration of the .com and all the TLDs was transfered to [[Government Systems, Inc.]]<ref>[http://www.armware.dk/RFC/rfc/rfc1261.html RFC 1261]</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== |