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Business Definition for: Top Level Domain

  • the concluding part of a domain name, for example, the .com, .net, or .co.uk suffixes.

Wiktionary Definition for: Top Level Domain

  • #REDIRECT top-level domain

Additional Resources

Domain Bank Participates In New Top Level Domain Name Consortium
Domain Bank, Inc., www.Domainbank.com, a Bethlehem Pennsylvania-based ICANN accredited Domain registrar announced today that it will participate as a founding member in an international consortium consisting of nineteen of the world's leading domain name registrars to propose a new top level domain TLD to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names...
Tags: bank, consortium, domain, ICANN, INTERNET, registrar
Research articles 1970-01-01
Domain Bank Participates in New Top Level Domain Consortium
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BETHLEHEM, Pa.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 3, 2000 Domain Bank Inc., www.Domainbank.com, a Bethlehem, Pa.-based ICANN accredited Domain registrar Tuesday announced that it will participate as a founding member in an international consortium consisting of nineteen of the world's leading domain name registrars to propose a new top...
Tags: bank, consortium, domain, ICANN, INTERNET, registrar
Research articles 2000-10-03
AGN Domain Name Service, Inc - ADNS - Adds "America" as a New Top Level Domain
Business Editors CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--July 13, 2001 AGN Domain Name Service, Inc. (ADNS - http://www.adns.net) has created a new top-level domain called .AMERICA and is now allowing customers to obtain domains with this suffix. ADNS has owned and operated the top-level domains EARTH, USA and Z since 1995...
Tags: domain, ICANN
Research articles 2001-07-13
What's in a name? - domain names - Brief Article
QA I have seen a couple of ads for registering with .ws or .cc, if your ideal domain name is already a .com. Are these alternatives services on the up and up? --G.W. James New York City It comes as no surprise that cyberspace is getting more...
Tags: dot-com, ICANN, INTERNET, registrar
Research articles 2000-11-01
New Top Level Web Domain To Serve Every Individual & Web Enabled Device; Sarnoff Venture Company Proposes New Top-Level Domain To ICANN
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
Tags: ICANN, Web
Research articles 2000-10-12
'.BIZ' Innovative Top Level Domain Proposed by iDomains
Business/High Tech Editors BETHLEHEM, Pa.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 4, 2000 iDomains, Inc., www.idomains.com, a Bethlehem Pennsylvania-based Internet company announced today that it has filed with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN an application to operate a registry for an innovative new restricted top level domain targeted at...
Tags: domain, ICANN, INTERNET, registry
Research articles 2000-10-04
World's Leading Internet Domain Name Registrars Unite To Create Top Level Domain With Global Appeal
Afilias, an international consortium of nineteen of the world's leading domain name registrars, this week applied to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN to operate an unrestricted generic top level domain TLD registry intended to transform the Internet into a truly global resource for individuals and businesses...
Tags: ICANN, INTERNET, registrar
Research articles 1970-01-01
NetNames Unites With World's Leading Internet Domain Name Registrars to Create Top Level Domains With Global Appeal
Business Editors BOSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 5, 2000 World's Leading Domain Name Specialist Working to Ensure That Brands Get Protected Under All New Proposed Top Level Domains NetNames (LSE:NBT), the world's leading domain name registrar and trademark specialist, is bidding as part of an international consortium to...
Tags: ICANN, INTERNET, Web
Research articles 2000-10-05
New dotYP Top Level Domain Endorse By Steve Wozniak, Apple Cofounder
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, reviewed the proposal for the .yp Top Level Domain in response to ICANN's solicitation for new Internet URLs to be added to .com, .net and .org. This is the first addition to TLDs since 1985, which has been managed in the U.S. by...
Tags: Apple Inc., ICANN, INTERNET, MARKETING, phone, Web
Research articles 1970-01-01
Out of Its Domain - United States Postal Service attempting to carry electronic mail - Brief Article
While most Americans would be content with the U.S. Postal Service if it simply delivered "snail mail" reliably, the agency has boldly set its sights on cyberspace. The USPS wants to control the "top-level" domain. us. A top-level domain is the final Internet suffix that can identify an e-mail account's...
Tags: domain, E-mail, U.S. Postal Service
Research articles 1999-12-01
Hostway Adds 22 Domain Extensions to Its Domain Name Registration Portfolio
The addition of 22 new country-code domain extensions brings Hostway's TLD Top Level Domain count to an impressive 92
Tags: domain name, domain name registration
Research articles 2006-09-25
mTLD Top Level Domain, Ltd. and ICANN sign contract establishing the .mobi Domain; Leading companies form joint venture to manage the .mobi domain.
M2 PRESSWIRE-11 July 2005-ICANN: mTLD Top Level Domain, Ltd. and ICANN sign contract establishing the .mobi Domain; Leading companies form joint venture to manage the .mobi domainC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11072005 Dublin, Ireland - Today, members of the mTLD Initiative announced...
Tags: domain, ICANN, INTERNET, MARKETING, mobile
Research articles 2005-07-11
MarkMonitor Announces Top Level Domain Advisory Services
New Offering Assists Brandholders in Developing the Right Brand Strategy to Meet ICANN's Roll Out of New Global Top Level Domains SAN FRANCISCO -- MarkMonitor[R], the global leader in enterprise brand protection, today announced a new offering, Top Level Domain Advisory Services, to assist brandholders in developing customized brand...
Tags: brand, Branding, ICANN, MARKETING, strategy
Research articles 2008-10-20
Top level domain '.info' available in 2001 from 1&1 Internet.
M2 PRESSWIRE-5 April 2001-1&1 Internet: Top level domain '.info' available in 2001 from 1&1 Internet C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05042001 * '.info', the first new unrestricted Top Level Domain since the launch of '.com' in 1985 will be available...
Tags: consortium, domain, ICANN, INTERNET, registrar
Research articles 2001-04-05
Heading for new domains; Net profits: Will seven new TLDs refertilize the barren fields of domain-name registration? - Tech - top-level domains - Brief Article
WITH SEVEN NEW TOP-LEVEL domains TLDs working their way into circulation-- presumably to alleviate the congested.com space--business owners have to decide whether they want to register a new domain name. Until recently, your choices were limited to the .com, .net and .org suffixes. But last year, the Internet Corporation for...
Tags: domain, domain name, ICANN, net profit
Research articles 2002-03-01
First new domain name "stings" chosen since 1980s.
M2 PRESSWIRE-17 November 2000-BERWIN LEIGHTON: First new domain name "stings" chosen since 1980s C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17112000 The body which overseas the Internet name and address system ICANN yesterday (16 November ) announced its selection of 7 new "top...
Tags: ICANN, INTERNET
Research articles 2000-11-17
ICANN posts application and assessment criteria information for new top-level domain proposals.
M2 PRESSWIRE-17 August 2000-ICANN: ICANN posts application and assessment criteria information for new top-level domain proposals C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16082000 Marina del Rey, CA -- Yesterday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN posted the application...
Tags: ICANN
Research articles 2000-08-17
Cpa.Pro New Addition To The Family? - Brief Article
Now, in addition to dot-com, dot-org and dot-net, a new top level of domain TLD for accredited accounting professionals is being developed: the "dot-pro" designation. The .pro top-level domain would be administered by a joint venture formed by register.com and Virtual Internet, doing business as RegistryPro (www.registrypro.com). If accepted...
Tags: accounting, domain, FINANCE, ICANN
Research articles 2000-12-01
US congressmen call for introduction of '.kids' domain - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers urged to offer top-level domain name for children - Government Activity - Brief Article
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-27 July 2001-US congressmen call for introduction of '.kids' domain C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Two members of the US Congress have called for Icann The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to introduce a '.kids' top-level domain name. John Shimkus and Ed Markey believe that...
Tags: domain, ICANN
Research articles 2001-07-27
Web Hosting Provider, Hostway, Offers .INFO Domain Name for Only $1.45; .INFO is the Internet's First Unrestricted Top-Level Domain since .COM and is Being Offered by Hostway Corp. at the Low Price of $1.45
CHICAGO -- Hostway Corporation, the leading global provider of Web hosting and online services, announced today that is offering its .INFO top-level domain name during the month of August for as low as $1.45.
Tags: COM, domain name, Internet, Web hosting
Research articles 2006-08-10
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