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Archives => 2007 => Topic started by: Gregg on February 02, 2007, 12:08:13 PM

Title: Language of the "Net"
Post by: Gregg on February 02, 2007, 12:08:13 PM

Ok, there's no such thing as a stupid question, but this is a silly one that I don't know the answer to. I've seen web pages done in a language other than English. But, are there multiple languages used for the "suffixes" that come after the "dot"? Or does the whole world (www) use ".com" ".org" ".net" ".gov" etc.

(That last one is not part of the list.)

Title: Language of the "Net"
Post by: D76 on February 02, 2007, 12:25:29 PM

Found this.

QUOTE

A Suffix Extension in a web page address gives you a clue as to what kind of web page you are visiting. The current suffix extensions available include:

.com = commercial
.net = network
.org = organization
.gov = government

A suffix extension for a country includes the country abbreviation. Suffix extensions with a country code usually abbreviate "com" to "co".

.co.il = Israel
.gov.il = Israel Gov
.co.uk = Britain
.co.ca = Canada

Any day now new extensions will be available for use in web page addresses. They will include:
.art = artist/artwork
.info = information
.biz = commercial
.store = commercial

I think .etc would be terrific.

Title: Language of the "Net"
Post by: Xairbusdriver on February 02, 2007, 01:01:24 PM

I think ".usa" is now available, also. Not sure what it's supposed to stand for.

Title: Language of the "Net"
Post by: MarkM on February 02, 2007, 01:27:56 PM

QUOTE(Xairbusdriver @ Feb 2 2007, 01:01 PM) [snapback]117732[/snapback]

I think ".usa" is now available, also. Not sure what it's supposed to stand for.

If you use the ".usa" and pay an additional fee you can get your info passed through Langley and Fort Meade up to 1ms quicker  

Title: Language of the "Net"
Post by: tacit on February 02, 2007, 02:02:24 PM

The whole of the Net uses English names, because ICANN is an American company, and the system of top-level domains and Web registrars was developed in the United States. That's why even Japanese, Chinese, and other non-Latin-alphabet domains have URLs that are written in English letters.

Title: Language of the "Net"
Post by: krissel on February 02, 2007, 07:17:35 PM

QUOTE(D76 @ Feb 2 2007, 01:25 PM) [snapback]117721[/snapback]

...any day now...

Good heavens, when was that written? .info has been available for years. We had it for TS but let it lapse when we decided to reign in our extensive budget.

Title: Language of the "Net"
Post by: Gregg on February 03, 2007, 10:57:09 AM

QUOTE(tacit @ Feb 2 2007, 02:02 PM) [snapback]117743[/snapback]

The whole of the Net uses English names, because ICANN is an American company, and the system of top-level domains and Web registrars was developed in the United States. That's why even Japanese, Chinese, and other non-Latin-alphabet domains have URLs that are written in English letters.

1. I knew there would be a logical explanation

and

2. that Tacit would provide it