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top-level domain

[ top-lev-uhl doh-meyn ]

noun

  1. Computers. a domain at the highest level in the taxonomy of domain names on the internet, representing the type of entity holding the domain name, the country where it is based, or any of various domains used for other purposes. Common examples are edu, com, and org. : TLD


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of top-level domain1

First recorded in 1980–85
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Start a new Google Sheet by typing “sheets.new” into your browser Google owns the top-level domain “.new,” so this also works for docs.new, slides.new, cal.new, etc.

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The organization that oversees internet domain names has rejected a proposal to transfer management of the .org top-level domain from a nonprofit to a private equity group.

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Ethos Capital, the company controversially buying the .org top-level domain, is trying to appease critics with a set of new rules.

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In the realm of internet infrastructure, .org is what’s known as a top-level domain, which means that it’s the last section of an address that helps to categorize the nature of the website.

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There are currently about 10 million websites that have “.org” in their addresses, making it the third most popular top-level domain in the world, after .com and .net.

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