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The Net Domain Backbone Of The Web
he net-domain - the idea of .net, but not every
backbone of the web programmer and hostmaster has an
idea of .com. In some way .net
We do not always realize, that stands for the web.
figures are just quantity and can
deceive about quality. Other facts: -- 31 percent of all
page views are dependent on a
In spite of the fact, that the net-domain for resolution -- 32
net-domain is only the No. 4 in percent of all B2C e-Commerce in
terms of the number of domain 2004 is dependent on a net-domain
names registered, it works as a for resolution.
backbone of the web.The
net-domains build the largest Top The number of registered domains
Level Domain by number of hosts, has reached an all-time high of
or machines connected to the more than 60 million domain names
Internet. More than 44 percent of worldwide.
name servers use net-domains.
Figures show that country code
We presume, that programmers and Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) are
other technical experts have a the fastest growing market, while
more narrow emotional general demand for new domains
relationship to .net than to remains strong. The most popular
.com. Their sympathy for .net is domains are still the
just greater than for .com. com-domains. The growth of
Historically .net was once com-domains is tremendous.
reserved for providers. This Experts think, that the growing
might have still an influence to sale of com-domains reveal a
the technical use of .net and the revival of the "New Economy".
importance of this use. Every Some experts even argue, that
programmer and hostmaster has an this growth of domain names is an
early indicator of persisting Organizations .com Commercial
economic growth in the USA and .coop Co-Operative Organisations
the whole world. .edu Educational .gov Government
.info info TLD .int International
The com-domains remain the most Organisations .mil US Dept of
popular domain with about a 45 Defense .museum Museums .name
percent market share. Personal .net Networks .org
Organisations
New generic Top Level Domains
outside of .com, .net and .org, Country codes:-
become increasingly popular,
including aero-domains, .ac Ascension Island .ad Andorra
biz-domains, coop-domains, .ae United Arab Emirates .af
info-domains, museum-domains, Afghanistan .ag Antigua and
.name-domains and pro-domains. Barbuda .ai Anguilla .al Albania
.am Armenia .an Netherlands
Do you sometimes come across Antilles .ao Angola .aq
exotic looking TLD's? Antarctica .ar Argentina .as
American Samoa .at Austria .au
Ever wondered which domain name Australia .aw Aruba .az
is from where? Azerbaijan .ba Bosnia and
Herzegovina .bb Barbados .bd
I created the following table out Bangladesh .be Belgium .bf
of interest. Watch out for the Burkina Faso .bg Bulgaria .bh
new .eu TLD. [The European Union Bahrain .bi Burundi .bj Benin .bm
is working on the its own TLD.] Bermuda .bn Brunei Darussalam .bo
Bolivia .br Brazil .bs Bahamas
Commercial TLD' .bt Bhutan .bv Bouvet Island .bw
Botswana .by Belarus .bz Belize
.aero Aviation .biz Business .ca Canada .cc Cocos (Keeling)
Islands .cd Congo, Democratic .id Indonesia .ie Ireland .il
republic of the (former Zaire) Israel .im Isle of Man .in India
.cf Central African Republic .cg .io British Indian Ocean
Congo, Republic of .ch Territory .iq Iraq .ir Iran .is
Switzerland .ci Côte d'Ivoire Iceland .it Italy .je Jersey .jm
.ck Cook Islands .cl Chile .cm Jamaica .jo Jordan .jp Japan .ke
Cameroon .cn China .co Colombia Kenya .kg Kyrgyzstan .kh Cambodia
.cr Costa Rica .cs Czechoslovakia .ki Kiribati .km Comoros .kn
.cu Cuba .cv Cape Verde .cx Saint Kitts and Nevis .kp Korea,
Christmas Island .cy Cyprus .cz Democratic People's Republic of
Czech Repub lic .de Germany .dj .kr Korea, Republic of .kw Kuwait
Djibouti .dk Denmark .dm Dominica .ky Cayman Islands .kz Kazakhstan
.do Dominican Republic .dz .la Lao People's Democratic
Algeria .ec Ecuador .ee Estonia Republic .lb Lebanon .lc Saint
.eg Egypt .eh Western Sahara .er Lucia .li Liechtenstein .lk Sri
Eritrea .es Spain .et Ethiopia Lanka .lr Liberia .ls Lesotho .lt
.fi Finland .fj Fiji .fk Falkland Lithuania .lu Luxembourg .lv
Islands .fm Micronesia .fo Faroe Latvia .ly Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Islands .fr France .ga Gabon .gd .ma Morocco .mc Monaco .md
Grenada .ge Georgia .gf French Moldova .mg Madagascar .mh
Guiana .gg Guernsey .gh Ghana .gi Marshall Islands .mk Macedonia
Gibraltar .gl Greenland .gm .ml Mali .mm Myanmar .mn Mongolia
Gambia .gn Guinea .gp Guadeloupe .mo Macau .mp Northern Mariana
.gq Equatorial Guinea .gr Greece Islands .mq Martinique .mr
.gs South Georgia and the South Mauritania .ms Montserrat .mt
Sandwich Islands .gt Guatemala Malta .mu Mauritius .mv Maldives
.gu Guam .gw Guinea-Bissau .gy .mw Malawi .mx Mexico .my
Guyana .hk Hong Kong .hm Heard Malaysia .mz Mozambique .na
and McDonald Islands .hn Honduras Namibia .nc New Caledonia .ne
.hr Croatia .ht Haiti .hu Hungary Niger .nf Norfolk Island .ng
Nigeria .ni Nicaragua .nl The Islands .td Chad .tf French
Netherlands .no Norway .np Nepal Southern Territories .tg Togo .th
.nr Nauru .nu Niue .nz New Thailand .tj Tajikistan .tk
Zealand .om Oman .pa Panama .pe Tokelau .tm Turkmenistan .tn
Peru .pf French Polynesia .pg Tunisia .to Tonga .tp East Timor
Papua New Guinea .ph Philippines .tr Turkey .tt Trinidad and
.pk Pakistan .pl Poland .pm St. Tobago .tv Tuvalu .tw Taiwan .tz
Pierre and Miquelon .pn Pitcairn Tanzania .ua Ukraine .ug Uganda
.pr Puerto Rico .ps Palestine .pt .uk United Kingdom .um United
Portugal .pw Palau .py Paraguay States Minor Outlying Islands .us
.qa Qatar .re Reunion .ro Romania United States .uy Uruguay .uz
.ru Russia .rw Rwanda .sa Saudi Uzbekistan .va Holy See (Vatican
Arabia .sb Solomon Islands .sc City State) .vc Saint Vincent and
Seychelles .sd Sudan .se Sweden the Grenadines .ve Venezuela .vg
.sg Singapore .sh St. Helena .si Virgin Islands British .vi Virgin
Slovenia .sj Svalbard and Jan Islands U.S .vn Vietnam .vu
Mayen Islands .sk Slovakia .sl Vanuatu .wf Wallis and Futuna
Sierra Leone .sm San Marino .sn Islands .ws Samoa .ye Yemen .yt
Senegal .so Somalia .sr Surinam Mayotte .yu Yugoslavia .za South
.st Sao Tome and Principe .su Africa .zm Zambia .zr Zaire
Sovier Union .sv El Salvador .sy (non-existent, see Congo) .zw
Syrian Arab Republic .sz Zimbabwe
Swaziland .tc The Turks & Caicos
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