What is gTLD (Generic Top-level Domain)?

[joellee]

A gTLD is the top-level domain name of an Internet address that identifies it generically as associated with some domain class like .com (commercial), .net (intended for Internet service providers, but now used for many purposes), .org (for non-profit organizations, industry groups), .edu (for educational institutions).

In this the presence of the word“generic” in the phrase Generic top-level domain. As generic means, something unexceptional, banal, common and websites that use a generic top-level domain are respected, sought-after, and valuable to the companies and individuals who use them.

[RH-Calvin]

Generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are one of the categories of top-level domains (TLDs) maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for use in the Domain Name System of the Internet.

[RuskinF]

Generic top-level domains (gTLDs) are one of the categories of top-level domains (TLDs) maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for use in the Domain Name System of the Internet. A top-level domain is the last level of every fully qualified domain name.