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.com


Name	com
Background	#FC1
Introduced	1985
Type	Generic top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Verisign
Sponsor	None
Intendeduse	Commercial entities (worldwide)
Actualuse	Used for virtually any commercial or non-commercial website and is generally accepted as the standard for TLDs
Restrictions	None
Structure	Registrations at second level permitted
Document	RFC 920; RFC 1591; agreement
Disputepolicy	UDRP
Dnssec	yes

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The domain name com is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Its name is derived from commercial, indicating its original intended purpose for domains registered by commercial organizations. However eventually the distinction was lost when .com, .org and .net were opened for unrestricted registration.

The gTLD com was originally administered by the United States Department of Defense, but is today operated by Verisign. Registrations in com are processed via registrars accredited by ICANN. The registry accepts internationalized domain names.

The domain was one of the original top-level domains (TLDs) in the Internet when the Domain Name System was implemented in January 1985, the others being edu, gov, mil, net, org, and arpa. It has grown into the largest top-level domain.

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