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== History ==

The .org top-level domain was first created in October 1984 by the [http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/org.html ~~Internet Assigned Numbers Authority~~] ~~(IANA)~~, 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 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)<ref>[http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/org.html]</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 first .org domain was registered by MITRE Corporation, a not-for-profit organization providing systems engineering and information technology support to the US government, on July 10, 1985.

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 == History ==
-The .org top-level domain was first created in October 1984 by the [http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/org.html Internet Assigned Numbers Authority] (IANA), 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 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)<ref>[http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/org.html]</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 first .org domain was registered by MITRE Corporation, a not-for-profit organization providing systems engineering and information technology support to the US government, on July 10, 1985.