What is domain extension?

[justinname]

What does .com or .net actually mean, and how do you choose the right extension for your website? We take look at the the most commonly used extensions, the differences between them, and how to choose the right one for your business.
One of the most common questions our clients ask is “should I get a .com, or a .net …. what’s the difference?!”So, here’s a quick guide to this part of your domain name – the domain extension.

[Shalini001]

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.

[spyactive]

The definition of a domain extension is the notation at the end of a web address that specifies an Internet category or a country code.

[omraut]

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[aakashkapoor198]

The definition of a domain extension is the notation at the end of a web address that specifies an Internet category or a country code. with ip Address

[Ha Nguyen]

It 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

[wordpar]

Domain name extensions always consist of the top-level domain, and sometimes a second-level domain.

[vino]

Domain name is used to address your website just like your name .Domain extension is basically top level domain .
Example : .com , .org and .edu .

[lauraponting]

Domain extension is basically that comes at the end of a domain name, Let me explain you this with the help of an example. For example if their is some website.

www.dummysite.com - In this domain name the last part ".com" - is called as the domain extension.

There are many types of Domain extensions that exists. I have mentioned some of them below.

.com - is for commercial.

.org is for Organizations

.edu is for Educational Institutions and so on

[ramshu271]

commercial, .org for organization, gov for government, edu for all educational institutions, mil for military or net for a network. An example of adomain extension which is a country code

[damponting44]

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.

[markorton]

Domain name extensions always consist of the top-level domain, and sometimes a second-level domain.

The top-level domains in this list are recognized by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which operates the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and is in charge of maintaining the DNS root zone.

[kustifranti]

Domain hosting refers to businesses that specialize in hosting domain names for individuals and companies. Domain names are used in URLs to identify particular Web pages.

[Lisa Green]

Domain extension is known as the last words that your website contains. They are known as country code or category.

[silversurfer90]

Domain extensions are used to define the category of your site. For example (.com, .org (for non profit organizations), .biz (for businesses, .gov (for government) etc)).