Domain list

	The tables below should give you the information you need to determine, of which an internet address is, that is where the server is located and what type of institution stands behind the server. Depening where the server is located, a domain address is made up of several parts.
	Europe and rest of the world (except USA) A domain address in Europe normal consists of three or four single domains. The top level domain (last domain), usually gives the country, in which the server is located. This usually is a two letter domain like at or uk. If the entire domain name consists of four domains, then the domain before the country domain, gives the type of institution, to whom the server belongs. If there are only three domains, then the server mostly belongs to either a governmental institutaion or is a commercial server. So here are some examples for domain names: www.iic.priv.at www.linz.at web.de Note the missing www ! www.magnet.at www.DerStandard.co.at The following table shows the defined institutional definition domains: Domain Meaning .co. comercial site .or. non-profit organisation .gv. governmental site .priv. Private Site / Site that does not fit into other category TABLE 3.2.1: Institutional identification domains not located in the USA And here we have a list of country domains. This list is not complete, but it covers a lot of domains. Domain Meaning / Country Domain Meaning / Country .ca Canada .au Australia .uk United Kingdom .nl Netherlands .de Germany .br Brazil .tr Turkey .fr France .us United States .it Italy .no Norway .hk Hong Kong .sg Singapore .il Israel .co Colombia .pe Peru .jp Japan .kr South Korea .se Sweden .my Malysia .za South Africa .hu Hungary .th Thailand .pt Portugal .mil USA Military .ch Switzerland .nz New Zealand .ua Ukraine .cz Czech Republic .ie Ireland .cn China .si Slovenia .be Belgium .mx Mexico .tt Trinidad and Tobago .ec Ecuador .ae United Arab Emirates .es Spain .ar Argentinia .na Namibia .pl Poland .cl Chile .cr Costa Rica .dk Denmark .ru Russian Federation .va Vatican State .fi Finland .gr Greece .id Indonesia .sk Slovak Republic .ee Estonia .is Iceland .ro Romania .lv Lativa .gb Great Britain .lu Luxemburg .gt Guatemala .py Paraguay .cy Cypres .ve Venezuela .ma Morocco .lt Lithuania .mt Malta .in India .eg Egypt .kw Kuwait .zw Zimbabwe .su Former USSR .uy Uruguay .ni Nicaragua .pk Pakistan .bh Bahrein .bm Bermuda .ky Cayman Islands .do Domain Republic .yu Yugoslavia .hr Croatia .aw Aruba .bs Bahamas .ph Philippines .tw Taiwan TABLE 3.2.2: Country domains Top
	USA domains Usually a server in the USA has a domain name, that consists of three parts, where the top level domain (last one) identifies the type of organization. The following table explains these domains: Domain Meaning .com comercial site .org non-profit organisation .gov governmental site .mil Military site .arpa Old style ARPAnet .net General net orriented site TABLE 3.2.3: Institutional identification domains located in the USA Top
	New top level domains for 97 A while ago the IAHC has announced new generic top level domains to be introduced for 1997. According to the IAHC these new domains, will not replace the old ones, rahter than be added to the international domains, like com, net and org. The new top level domains will be: Domain for .firm business or firms .store business offering goods to purchase .web WWW related activities .arts cultural and entertainment activities .rec recreation and/or entertainment activites .info information services .nom individual or personal nomenclature .int international acting organizations (unconfirmed) TABLE 3.2.4: New top level domains In addition to these new top level domains, new second level domains shall be introduced. An example of such a new second level domain could be .tm. as an indicator for a trademark. It's not yet said, when the new system will go into action, but it is expected that it will do so during 1997. The IAHC is a colaition from the broad Internet community, like the ISOC, IAB, etc. Click on the more icon below to directly go the full article from IAHC. Top
	Additional information Most of the servers follow the above mentioned rules. However, you will encounter domain names, which do not follow these rules. Why ? Often this are very special sites, owned by special and rich institutions.

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