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Glossary of TLDs

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Last Updated: June 30, 2011 1:56 PM

You can use the following glossary to learn more about the different types of domain names that exist.

NOTE: Not all of the domain name types listed here are available for registration through us.

TLD

A top-level domain name (TLD) is the last part of a domain name. For example, in coolexample.com, the TLD is the “.com”. A gTLD is a generic top-level domain name. These are not linked to geographical regions or special authorities. gTLDs are typically used to describe organizations and businesses.

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 — Considered commercial and is 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 websites
  • .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 domain names that are open to the general public for registration.

A-G

  • .biz — Intended for business use
  • .com — Intended for Commercial use and the most popular domain name extension on the Internet.

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 — Commonly used by non-profit organizations

S-Z

    ccTLD

    ccTLDs are country-code top-level domain names. They are two letters long instead of three and are active sometimes even if the country the ccTLD was created to represent no longer exists.

    A

    • .ac — Ascension Island
    • .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 — 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 — Lithuania
    • .lu — Luxembourg
    • .lv — Latvia or popularly known as "Las Vegas"
    • .ly — Libya

    M

    • .ma — Morocco
    • .mc — Monaco
    • .md — Moldova
    • .me — Montenegro and also a domain name for personal 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
    • .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 — Singapore
    • .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 Kingdom
    • .us — US territories
    • .uy — Uruguay
    • .uz — Uzbekistan
    • .va — Vatican City State
    • .vc — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    • .ve — Venezuela
    • .vg — British Virgin Islands
    • .vu — Vanuatu

    W-X

    • .wf — Wallis and Futuna
    • .ws — Western Samoa and also promoted for general use as “website”

    Y-Z

    • .ye — Yemen
    • .yt — Mayotte
    • .yu — Yugoslavia
    • .za — South Africa
    • .zm — Zambia
    • .zw — Zimbabwe