Top-level domain
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This article deals with Top-level domain as it relates to NationStates. For more general information, see the Wikipedia article on this subject.
A top-level domain is the first level of domain categorization and last part of an internet domain name. For example, the TLD of www.example.com is .com. Because of the nature of fractal reality, there is no thoroughly established system of top-level domains. However, in general, there are two different kinds.
- Country code top-level domains: These are generaly used for websites within a certain nation, colony or sometimes even province. Different nations' top-level domain administrators have different rules determining whose websites make use of their country code. The country code is traditionally two or three letters long, but there is no competent international regulatory authority to which all nations subscribe in this matter.
- Generic top-level domains: In theory, these domains are each used by a particular class of organization. There are countless generic domains, some sponsored by specific groups or organizations and therefore controlled by them, others generally available. The most common are
.com,.organd.net. Unlike in real life, where they are restricted to the United States, the top-level domains.govand.milare available to any nation which wishes to use them in the Nationstates multiverse.
