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A '''Generic Top Level Domain''' ('''gTLD''') is one of the top level | A '''Generic Top Level Domain''' ('''gTLD''') is an internet extension with three or more characters. It is one of the categories of the top level domain([[TLD]]) in the Domain Name System ([[DNS]]) maintained by the [[IANA|Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]]. There are 21 gTLDs in the root zone of the internet and they are categorized as:<ref>[http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/# IANA Root Zone Data Base]</ref> | ||
* '''generic''' ([[.com]],[[.info]], [[.net]], [[.org]]) which can be used for general purposes; | * '''generic''' ([[.com]],[[.info]], [[.net]], [[.org]]) which can be used for general purposes; | ||
* '''sponsored,''' ([[.aero]], [[.asia]], [[.cat]], [[.coop]], [[.edu]], [[.gov]], [[.int]], [[.jobs]], [[.mil]], [[.mobi]], [[.tel]] and [[.travel]]) which can only be used by entities engaged within the specific industry; | * '''sponsored,''' ([[.aero]], [[.asia]], [[.cat]], [[.coop]], [[.edu]], [[.gov]], [[.int]], [[.jobs]], [[.mil]], [[.mobi]], [[.tel]] and [[.travel]]) which can only be used by entities engaged within the specific industry; | ||
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The gTLDs are managed and operated by their sponsor organizations and or registry operators that were approved by the [[ICANN|Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]]. | The gTLDs are managed and operated by their sponsor organizations and or registry operators that were approved by the [[ICANN|Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]]. | ||
==Background== | |||
In 1984, [[Jon Postel]] and [[Joyce Reynolds]] published RFC 920 which introduced the initial top level domain names (TLDs) describing their categories and general purposes. These include: .arpa, the current internet host during that time; .gov (government) .edu, (education) .com, (commercial) .mil (military) .org (organization) and the two-letter code (alpha-2) [[ISO]]-3166-1 list which represents the names of countries.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc920.txt RFC 920]</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 19:31, 22 September 2011
A Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) is an internet extension with three or more characters. It is one of the categories of the top level domain(TLD) in the Domain Name System (DNS) maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. There are 21 gTLDs in the root zone of the internet and they are categorized as:[1]
- generic (.com,.info, .net, .org) which can be used for general purposes;
- sponsored, (.aero, .asia, .cat, .coop, .edu, .gov, .int, .jobs, .mil, .mobi, .tel and .travel) which can only be used by entities engaged within the specific industry;
- generic restricted (.biz, .name, .pro) which can be use only for their specified purposes and
- infrastructure(.arpa) is exclusively used to support operationally-critical infrastructural identifier spaces and it is operated by IANA.
The gTLDs are managed and operated by their sponsor organizations and or registry operators that were approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
Background[edit | edit source]
In 1984, Jon Postel and Joyce Reynolds published RFC 920 which introduced the initial top level domain names (TLDs) describing their categories and general purposes. These include: .arpa, the current internet host during that time; .gov (government) .edu, (education) .com, (commercial) .mil (military) .org (organization) and the two-letter code (alpha-2) ISO-3166-1 list which represents the names of countries.[2]