What is domain extension?

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What is domain extension?

[MVMinfotech18]

domain extension. ... An example of a domain extension which is an Internet category is .com for commercial, .org for organization, .gov for government, .edu for all educational institutions, .mil for military or .net for a network. An example of a domain extension which is a country code is .us, .uk or .de.

[vinukum]

Domain Extension is the notation at the end of the web address which gives us an information about the category or country, the web address belongs to.

[fayeseom]

Domain extension refers to the notation found at the end of web addresses. The extension is used to specify a country code or any web category. For example, .edu is a domain extension to specify educational institution as the web category.

[RH-Calvin]

Significance of Domain Name Extensions. .com (commercial) – It is a Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) that is controlled by VeriSign Global Registry Services. A .com extension is the most popular and widely used over the worldwide web.