domain names

Why different decriptions

[Jock Philips]

whould sombody explane to me why there are different ends for example. .com or .org etc.

[hakre]

hi jock philips, welcome to webmasterworld!

this part of a domain name is called toplevel domain. toplevel domains were choosen to classify a domain name. to mention some:

• .com - commercial
  
• .edu - education (schools, universities etc)
  
• .org - organisation (non-profit)
  
• .net - network (internet related)
  
• .gov - government (us)
  

then a toplevel for the most countries exist, like .de (germany), .uk (united kingdom), .ag (argentinia), .tv (a small island state which is now under the sea-level) etc. . some countries even add a sublevel domain to the toplevel part at the end, like .co.jp for commercial sites in japan.

[Jock Philips]

Thank you very much for replying to my question, i now have the begining knowledge to continue my studie of Domain names.

[lorax]

Hello Jock and welcome to WebmasterWorld.
You may also want to check out InterNIC [internic.net].

[Tinks]

Hi Jock Welcome to Webmasterworld