Different top-level domains and their purposes
Get to know the purposes of different top-level domains (TLDs). Why it matters for your business website.
The last part of the domain name or the website name i.e, .com in www.your-business-name.com is called the top-level domain (TLD), or zone, and is either two or three letters long.
The three-letter TLD is used mainly in the U.S. and indicates the type of organization that owns the domains. The six three-letter TLDs are listed below.
| Domain | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| com | yahoo.com | Commercial organizations, as well as individuals |
| net | att.net | Internet service providers and other network-related companies |
| org | npr.org | Noncommercial (often nonprofit) organizations |
| gov | senate.gov | U.S. government agencies |
| mil | army.mil | U.S. military |
| edu | yale.edu | Educational domains |
The two-letter TLDs indicate the country in which the organization that owns the computer is located. Indian organizations can register domains that end with .in.
The last two parts of a host computer name constitute the domain name. The second-to-last part of the name (the second-level domain) is chosen by the organization that owns the computer and is usually some variant of the organization’s name.
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