Top Level Domain

Question 1

.com

Answer 1

*commercial
*open
—anyone is permitted to register
—originally intended for use by for -profit business entities, but is currently used by all types of entities including nonprofits,schools, and private individuals.

Question 2

.org

Answer 2

Organization
Open
—Anyone is permitted to register
-Originally intended for use by non-profit organizations

Question 3

.net

Answer 3

Network
Open
-Anyone is permitted to register
—Originally intended for use by domains pointing to a distributed network of computers that act as the portal to a set of smaller websites.

Question 4

.int

Answer 4

International organizations
Limited
—organizations,offices and programs endorsed by a treaty between two or more nations.

Question 5

.edu

Answer 5

U.S higher education
Limited
—educational institutions
—in the U.S., use was restricted in 2001 to accredited post secondary institutions
—almost exclusively used by colleges and universities.

Question 6

.gov

Answer 6

US national and state government agencies
Limited
—US government and qualifying state, country and local municipal government agencies.

Question 7

.mil

Answer 7

US military
Limited
—US military