STLD
Sponsored Top level Domain (sTLD) is a special category of the top level domains (TLD)s in the Domain Name System (DNS) maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). sTLDs has a sponsor for specific purposes. Top level domain sponsors may belong to a specific ethnic community, professional group, or geographical location.
Top Level Domains
At present internet users are allowed to register easy to remember domain names (www.icannwiki.org)in the internet DNS instead of using all the numeric IP addresses (196.8.35.78) that is assigned to a specific computer. The series of character strings separated by dots are called labels and right-most label (.org) for example in a domain names is called the top-level domain (TLD).[1]
Types of TLD
The TLD is composed of various types which include:[2]
- country code top level domains (ccTLD) which is composed of two-letters such as .us, .ca, [[.de], .jp and many others. There are 250 established ccTLDs which represent countries and territories around the world and they are operated by designated managers based on the country policies adapted that best meet the economic, cultural, linguistic, and legal circumstances of the country or territory involved.
- generic top level domain(gTLD)is composed of three or more characters such as .com, .org. .net etc. The gLTD has two category
# Sponsored Top Level Domain # Unsponsored Top Level Domains
- .arpa TLD is a special domain used for technical infrastructure purposes which is administered by ICANN in collaboration with the internet technical community under the [[[Internet Architecture Board]]'s supervision.