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'''.com''' is one of the first [[gTLD]]s of the Internet's [[DNS|Domain Name System]] that is intended for commercial purposes. It was introduced in 1985 by [[IANA]], which is responsible for the overall coordination and management of the DNS, and led by [[Jon Postel]] at the time. The .com gTLD was introduced along with other top level domains, which include [[.gov]] (government), [[.edu ]](education), [[.mil]] (military) and [[.org]] (organization).<ref>[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc920#page-2 RFC 920]</ref>
'''.com''' is one of the first [[gTLD]]s of the Internet's [[DNS|Domain Name System]] that is intended for commercial purposes. It was introduced in 1985 by [[IANA]], which is responsible for the overall coordination and management of the DNS; the organization was led by [[Jon Postel]] at the time. The .com gTLD was introduced alongside other top level domains, which include [[.gov]] (government), [[.edu ]](education), [[.mil]] (military) and [[.org]] (organization).<ref>[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc920#page-2 RFC 920]</ref>
.com is the most popular gTLD with more than 100 million registrants worldwide. The global demand for the .com gTLD remains strong as the number of global Internet users continues to grow.<ref>[http://www.verisigninc.com/en_US/products-and-services/domain-name-services/registry-services/com-domain-names/index.xhtml verisigninc.com]</ref> [[Verisign]] is the registry operator of the .com gTLD, and was approved by [[ICANN]] in 2006.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/verisign/registry-agmt-com-22sep10.htm www.icann.org]</ref>
It is generally accepted that the vast majority of great .com names have been acquired, and the recent push for the new [[gTLD]] process can be seen as one response to this development.
==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]] 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>
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>