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The Structure of Domain Names
Domain names are hierarchically composed
Reading right to left
- Top level domain (TLD)
- Second level domain
- And so on…
There are a limited number of TLDs
- Generic
- .aero, .biz .com, .coop, .info, .museum, .name, .net, .org, .pro
- Restricted
- .arpa, .edu, .gov, .mil, .int
- Countries
- .us, .uk, .jp, .kr, .tv, etc.