Here I am listing some of the important top level domain names and their expansions. Before go to that we need to know what is a top level domain name. Top level domain are the highest priority domain name part in a full domain name. For example in our website name www.articlerouter.com where the full domain name is www.articlerouter.com and the top level domain name is .com

This top level domain is also called root domain. So below the list of Top level domains and their business uses are listed.

Top Level Domain and their meanings

.com - for commercial organizations, but unrestricted

.mil - for the US military

.biz - for business use

.coop - for cooperatives

.cat - for Catalan language/culture

.name - for families and individuals

.org - originally for organizations not clearly falling within the other gTLDs, now unrestricted

.net - originally for network infrastructures, now unrestricted

.info - for informational sites, but unrestricted

.travel - for travel agents, airlines, hoteliers, tourism bureaus...

.jobs - for employment-related sites

.gov - for governments and their agencies in the United States

.edu - for post-secondary educational establishments

To see the complete list of Top level domains please click on the link below.

http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db

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