Different countries have .uk, .de etc. as designators

[20ducks]

Where does .com come from and why doesn't the USA have .USA?

 

[Wondermike]

You have got .us as a country-specific domain name, but don't see it used too often.

 

[tehdarkstar]

Because the internet was "born" over there you had the priviledge of choosing not to use your country's designation...

PS: The "born" in quotes is merely due to the fact that the internet wasn't born at one point in time, but was an evolution of earlier networks and protocols that took some time to happen.

 

[zee42]

Because the internet was "born" over there you had the priviledge of choosing not to use your country's designation...

PS: The "born" in quotes is merely due to the fact that the internet wasn't born at one point in time, but was an evolution of earlier networks and protocols that took some time to happen.

Everybody knows that's not true....Al Gore invented the Internet

 

[WLH]

.com many claim was derived from the word "commercial". "Com" is the Internet top level domain. Can also refer to a simple MS-DOS executable format and as an abbreviation for communication or communication port.

 

[tehdarkstar]

Sorry to be picky, but .com does derive from commercial, as .edu is from educational, .gov from government. Even as .com, .edu and .org are top-level domains, they are at the same level as .it, .uk, .br and .us for that matter.

The country-specific top-level domains came along only when the internet became widespread accross the globe, but at that point the US had already many domains registered without country references. It is common therefore for US sites to use these domains, but it's not a rule as many British companies do use .com as well.

The .COM extension in MS-DOS has no relation to the .com top-level domain.

 

[WLH]

Sorry to be picky, but .com does derive from commercial, as .edu is from educational, .gov from government. Even as .com, .edu and .org are top-level domains, they are at the same level as .it, .uk, .br and .us for that matter.

The country-specific top-level domains came along only when the internet became widespread accross the globe, but at that point the US had already many domains registered without country references. It is common therefore for US sites to use these domains, but it's not a rule as many British companies do use .com as well.

The .COM extension in MS-DOS has no relation to the .com top-level domain.

Correct and I pointed that out because you can find sources that make that claim. Concerning the MS-DOS reference that is simply one of many places when "COM" appears in the world of computers and internet. I am not sure anyone has ID'ed the source of .com.

 

[Rick Hunter]

Everybody knows that's not true....Al Gore invented the Internet

Isn't the internet just a series of tubes? :lol:

 

[zee42]

see Rick...there you go again,over filling that crack pipe and trying to huff it all at one time

 

[20ducks]

Yuz guyz is smart. :smart:

 

[Rick Hunter]

see Rick...there you go again,over filling that crack pipe and trying to huff it all at one time

Hey, it's no joke! Listen to Senator Ted Stevens, will ya? He's the smartest man on the earth!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB2Xnu9xQVU

 

[flyboyaj]

Super geeks, every one of ya