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Top Level Domain Part of the domain name being on right, after last point. Example: .NET as in MYDOMAINTRACKER.NET Also called extension. The list of existing TLD is managed by ICANN. They are subdivised in ccTLDs and gTLDs : o ccTLD (country code TLD) : each country has its own TLD (which is the ISO code of the country). Examples: .ro for Romania, .uk for United Kingdom, .de for Germany, etc... New ccTLDs happen when new countries appear, like .eu o gTLD (generic TLD) : TLD not bound to a given country. Historically they were only : .com .net .org .mil .gov .edu .int (and .arpa) Now there is also : .biz .info .name .aero .coop .museum .pro New gTLDs are created by ICANN. All TLDs are technically working in the same way, and can be used the same way. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (http://www.icann.org/) A technical coordination body for the Internet, regulating use of TLDs. Entity that manages the centralized database of domain names registered in a given TLD (or more than one TLD). It is the authoritative source of information, which updates whois and root nameservers for the TLDs being handled with the content of its database. This structure has as clients Registrars, which operate on domain names for their clients. Each TLD has its own policies and working. Internet Engineering Task Force (http://www.ietf.org/) The IETF is a large open international community of people concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. They define standards. Next |