Glossary of TLDs
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December 19, 2008 11:31 AM
TLD
A Top Level Domain is the last part that a domain name consists of. For example in coolexample.com, the TLD is the “.com”. A gTLD is a Generic Top Level Domain. These are not linked to geographical regions or special authorities. gTLDs are typically used to describe organizations and businesses.
NOTE: Not all of the domain types listed here are available for registration through us.
A
- .aero
- Aviation Community members only.
- asia
- Companies and individuals based in the Asia-Pacific region
B
- .biz
- Intended for “business” use.
C-G
- .com
- “Commercial”and the most widely used TLD on the internet.
- .coop
- Reserved for cooperative businesses.
- .edu
- Available to higher learning educational institutions that grant degrees.
- .gov
- Reserved for U.S. government agencies.
H-M
- .info
- Used for informational purposes.
- .jobs
- Used for employment and job-related web sites.
- .mil
- Reserved for use by the U.S. Military.
- .mobi
- Dedicated to sites that are made for mobile device use.
- .museum
- Reserved for museums.
N-R
- .name
- For individual use generally using a first and last name.
- .net
- Usually used by Network Providers, but used widely by businesses and individuals for other purposes.
- .org
- Commonly used by non profit organizations.
- .pro
- Used for specific professions, usually intended for licensed professions. Examples include: Attorneys, Doctors etc.
S-Z
- .sch
- Reserved for "Schools"
- .tel
- Internet Communication Services.
- .travel
- Reserved for the travel and tourist industry and must be verified as a legitimate travel-related entity.
Open TLD
Open TLDs are Top Level domains that are open to the general public for registration.
A-C
- .com
- Intended for "Commercial" use and the most popular domain on the world wide web.
B-G
- .biz
- Intended for “business” use.
H-M
- .mobi
- Dedicated to sites that are made for mobile device use.
N-R
- .name
- For individual use, generally using a first and last name.
- .net
- Usually used by Network Providers, but used widely by businesses and individuals for other purposes.
- .org
- "Organizations", commonly used by non profit organizations.
ccTLD
ccTLDs are Country Code Top Level Domains. They are two letters instead of three and are active sometimes even if the country it was created to represent no longer exists.
A
- .ac
- Ascension Islan.
- .ad
- Andorra.
- .ae
- United Arab Emirates.
- .af
- Afghanistan.
- .ag
- Antigua and Barbuda.
- ai
- Anguilla.
- .am
- Armenia.
- .an
- Antigua and Barbuda.
- .ao
- Angola.
- .aq
- Antarctica.
- .ar
- Argentina.
- .as
- American Samoa.
- .at
- Austria.
- .au
- Australia.
- .aw
- Aruba.
- .az
- Azerbaijan.
B
- .ba
- Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- .bb
- Barbados.
- .bd
- Bangladesh.
- .be
- Belgium.
- .bf
- Burkina Faso.
- .bg
- Bulgaria.
- .bh
- Bahrain.
- bi
- Burundi.
- .bj
- Benin.
- .bm
- Bermuda.
- .bn
- Brunei Darussalalm.
- .bo
- Bolivia.
- .br
- Brazil.
- .bs
- Bahamas.
- .bt
- Bhutan.
- .bv
- Bouvet Island.
- .bw
- Botswana.
- .by
- Belarus.
- .bz
- Belize.
C-D
- .ca
- Canada.
- .cc
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
- .cd
- Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- .cf
- Central African Republic.
- .cg
- Republic of the Congo.
- .ch
- Republic of Switzerland.
- .ci
- Cote dlvoire.
- .ck
- Cook Islands.
- .cl
- Chile.
- .cm
- Cameroon.
- .cn
- China, mainland.
- .co
- Colombia.
- .cr
- Costa Rica.
- .cu
- Cuba.
- .cv
- Cape Verde.
- .cx
- Christmas Island.
- .cy
- Cyprus.
- .cz
- Czech Republic.
- .de
- Federal Republic of Germany.
- .dj
- Djibouti.
- .dk
- Denmark.
- .dm
- Dominica.
- .do
- Dominican Republic.
- .dz
- Algeria.
E-F
- .ec
- Ecuador.
- .ee
- Estonia.
- .eg
- Egypt.
- .er
- Eritrea.
- .es
- Spain.
- .et
- Ethiopia.
- .eu
- European Union.
- .fi
- Finland.
- .fj
- Fiji.
- .fk
- Falkland Islands.
- .fm
- Federated States of Micronesia or radio related websites in general.
- .fo
- Faroe Islands.
- .fr
- France.
G-H
- .ga
- Gabon.
- .gb.
- United Kingdom, not used as widely as .uk.
- .gd
- Grenada.
- .ge
- Georgia.
- .gf
- French Guiana.
- .gg
- Guernsey.
- .gh
- Ghana.
- .gi
- Gibraltar.
- .gl
- Greenland.
- .gm
- Gambia.
- .gn
- Guinea.
- .gp
- Guadeloupe.
- .gq
- Equatorial Guinea.
- .gr
- Greece.
- .gs
- South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia.
- .gt
- Guatemala.
- .gw
- Guinea-Bissau.
- .gy
- Gyana.
- .hk
- Hong Kong.
- .hm
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
- .hn
- Honduras.
- .hr
- Croatia.
- .ht
- ccTLD for Haiti.
- .hu
- Hungary.
I-J
- .id
- Indonesia.
- .ie
- Ireland.
- .il
- Israel.
- .im
- Isle of Man.
- .in
- India.
- .io
- British Indian Ocean Territory.
- .iq
- Iraq.
- .ir
- Iran.
- .is
- Iceland.
- .it
- Italy.
- .je
- Jersey.
- .jm
- Jamaica.
- .jo
- Jordan.
- .jp
- Japan.
K-L
- .ke
- Kenya.
- .kg
- Kyrgyzstan.
- .kh
- Cambodia.
- .ki
- Kiribati.
- .km
- Comoros.
- .kn
- Saint Kitts and News.
- .kp
- North Korea.
- .kr
- South Korea.
- .kw
- Kuwait.
- .ky
- Cayman Islands.
- .kz
- Kazakhstan.
- .la
- Laos.
- .lb
- Lebanon.
- .lc
- Saint Lucia.
- .li
- Liechtenstein.
- .lk
- Sri Lanka.
- .lr
- Liberia.
- .ls
- Lesotho.
- .lt
- ccTLD for Lithuania.
- .lu
- Luxembourg.
- .lv
- Latvia or popularly known "Las Vegas".
- .ly
- Libya.
M
- .ma
- Morocco.
- .mc
- Monaco.
- .md
- Moldova.
- .me
- Montenegro also a domain for personal “me” websites.
- .mg
- Madagascar.
- .mh
- Marshall Islands.
- .mk
- Republic of Macedonia.
- .ml
- Mali.
- .mm
- Myanmar.
- .mn
- Mongolia.
- .mo
- macau.
- .mp
- Northern Mariana Islands.
- .mq
- Martinique.
- .mr
- Mauritania.
- .mt
- Malta.
- .mu
- Mauritius.”
- .mv
- Maldives.
- .mw
- Malawi.
- .mx
- Mexico.
- .my
- Malaysia.
- .mz
- Mozambique.
N
- .na
- Namibia.
- .nc
- New Caledonia.
- .ne
- Niger.
- .nf
- Norfolk Island.
- .ng
- Nigeria.
- .ni
- Nicaragua.
- .nl
- Netherlands.
- .no
- Norway.
- .np
- Nepal
- .nr
- Nauru.
- .nu
- Niue, however; most .nu addresses are registered by users who are not actually located in Niue.
- .nz
- New Zealand.
O-P
- .om
- Oman.
- .pa
- Panama.
- .pe
- Peru.
- .pf
- French Polynesia.
- .pg
- Papua New Guinea.
- .ph
- Philippines.
- .pk
- Pakistan.
- .pl
- Poland.
- .pm
- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
- .pn
- Pitcairn Islands.
- .pr
- Puerto Rico.
- .pt
- Portugal.
- .pw
- Palau.
- .py
- Paraguay.
Q-R
- .qa
- Qatar.
- .re
- Reunion.
- .ro
- Romania.
- .rs
- Serbia.
- .ru
- Russia.
- .rw
- Rwanda.
S-T
- .sa
- Saudia Arabia.
- .sb
- Solomon Islands.
- .sc
- Solomon Islands.
- .sd
- Sudan.
- .se
- Sweden.
- .sg
- Signapore.
- .sh
- Saint Helena.
- .si
- Slovenia.
- .sj
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
- .sk
- Slovakia.
- .sl
- Sierra Leone.
- .sm
- San Marino.
- .sn
- Senegal.
- .so
- Somalia.
- .sr
- Suriname.
- .st
- Sao Tome and Principe.
- .su
- the former Soviet Union.
- sv
- El Salvador.
- .sy
- Syria.
- .sz
- Swaziland.
- .tc
- Turks and Caicos Islands.
- .td
- Chad.
- .tf
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
- .tg
- Togo.
- .th
- Thailand.
- .tj
- Tajikistan.
- .tk
- Tokelau.
- .tl
- East Timor.
- .tm
- Turkmenistan.
- .tn
- Tunisia.
- .to
- Tonga.
- .tp
- East Timor.
- .tr
- Turkey.
- .tt
- Trinidad and Tobago.
- .tv
- Tuvalu and popularly used for “Television” related sites.
- .tw
- Taiwan.
- .tz
- Tanzania.
U-V
- .ua
- Ukraine.
- .ug
- Uganda.
- .uk
- United Kingdomi.
- .us
- US territories.
- .uy
- Uruguay.
- .uz
- ccTLD for Uzbekistan.
- .va
- Vatican City State.
- .vc
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
- .ve
- Venezuela.
- .vu
- Vanuatu.
W-X
- .wf
- Wallis and Futuna.
- .ws
- Western Samoa also promoted for general use and widely identified as “web site”.
Y-Z
- .ye
- Yemen.
- .yt
- Mayotte.
- .yu
- Yugoslavia.
- .za
- South Africa.
- .zm
- Zambia.
- .zw
- Zimbabwe.