SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE WEB

DOMAIN NAMES AND TOP LEVEL DOMAINS (TLD)

Now we know what a URL is, and have seen the parts of a URL, or Web address. Let's talk about Domains.

A domain is the unique name that identifies a Web site. The last (right-hand) part of a domain name is called the Top Level Domain (TLD).

For example, in the domain name www.yahoo.com, the .com is the Top Level Domain (TLD).

Top Level Domain names give us a lot of information about a Web site: who created, sponsors, or produces the information on the site; its intended audience or intended users; and so on.

There are many different TLD's:

.com	=
.gov	=
.mil	=
.net	=
.org	=
.edu	=

Other examples of Top Level Domains are:
.biz
.info
.int
and others...

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