Internet Domains
| Domain | Where | What | Who Administers (See also ICANN Accredited Registrars) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) | |||
| New gTLDs, beginning 2014: .app, .bike, .blog, .clothing, .construction, .guru, .holdings, .menu, .online, .photography, .plumbing, .shop, .singles, .technology, .ventures, and many more | |||
| .aero | International | Aviation | Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques (SITA) |
| .biz | International | Commercial businesses | Neulevel |
| .com | International | Unrestricted, but originally intended for companies | Verisign |
| .coop | International | Cooperatives | NIC.coop |
| .info | International | Information providers | Afilias |
| .int | International | International treaty organizations | IANA |
| .jobs | International | Human resources | Afilias |
| .mobi | International | Sites for mobile devices | dotMobi |
| .museum | International | Museums | Museum Domain Management Association |
| .name | International | Individuals | Global Name Registry |
| .net | International | Unrestricted, but originally intended for Internet service providers | Verisign |
| .org | International | Unrestricted, but originally intended for nonprofits | Public Interest Registry |
| .pro | International | Professionals | Registry Pro |
| .tel | International | For businesses and individuals to publish their contact data | Telnic |
| .travel | International | Travel industry | Tralliance |
| U.S.-specific Domains | |||
| .edu | U.S | Postsecondary institutions accredited by the U.S. Dept. of Education | Educause |
| .gov | U.S | Civilian agencies of the U.S. federal government, but some state governments got .gov domains early on | U.S. General Services Administration [nic.gov] |
| .mil | U.S | U.S. military agencies | U.S. Dept. of Defense Network Information Center [nic.mil] |
| .us | U.S | Was: State and local governments, schools, and other
organizations tied to specific localities
Now: Anyone or any organization in the U.S |
nic.us |
| Regional and Country Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) | |||
| .asia | Asia/Pacific | Organizations in Asia and the Pacific (including Australia) | DotAsia |
| .cat | Catalan community | Catalan-language sites | Domini punt cat |
| .eu | Europe | Organizations in Europe | eurodns.com |
| Other Countries | Nations and territories of the world | Organizations in a particular country not covered by the above TLDs | IANA Root Zone Database |
| Whois for Americas, sub-Saharan Africa: whois.arin.net | |||
| Whois for Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia: www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/whois | |||
| Whois for East Asia, Pacific: www.apnic.net | |||
