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==Background==

==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) in the [[ISO]]-3166 list which represents the names of countries.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc920.txt RFC 920]</ref> On January 1985, the initial gTLDs were implemented including .net.<ref>[http://www.caslon.com.au/domainsprofile1.htm Caslon Analytics Domains and the DNS]

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) in the [[ISO]]-3166 list which represents the names of countries.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc920.txt RFC 920]</ref> On January 1985, the initial gTLDs including .net were implemented in the root zone of the internet.<ref>[http://www.caslon.com.au/domainsprofile1.htm Caslon Analytics Domains and the DNS] The original gTLDs were  managed and administered by the [[NIC|Network Information Center]], the first assigned registrar responsible in hosting and registering the domain names. NIC was operated by [[SRI International]].<ref>[http://www.sri.com/about/timeline/tld-nic.html SRI's Role in Assigning Top-Level Domain Names and Managing the Network Information Center (NIC)]</ref>

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