 Top
Level Domains (TLD's)
The top-level domain (TLD) refers to the last section of a domain name or the part that follows immediately after the “dot” symbol.
For example in mickwood.com, “mickwood” is our domain name and “.com” is the TLD extension. Most geographical
territories have a specific two-letter code, like
.uk, which is called a country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD).
There
are several TLDs which are not specific to a geographical location
- these
are known as generic Top Level Domains such as .com or .org.
Organisations
usually select a TLD which corresponds to the country in which
they are operating, and some organisations
choose to register Domain Names in several different TLDs. In general, organisations
based in, or wishing to market themselves, in the UK use a Domain
Name ending .uk. |
