Webpages are found and electronic mail (e-mail) are found through the use of domain names, therefore, without a domain name, a computer would not know where to look for a particular webpage, and e-mail server would not know where to send e-mail. However, domain names are more than just addresses, since they can be selected by an “addressee” and are closely associated with a particular product or service.
Qualified domain names are divided in to hierarchies. The top-level of the hierarchy appears after the last (‘.’) in the domain name. The top-level domain name is .COM. The .COM indicates a domain name that is owned by a commercial enterprise, and is the most common top-level domain name. Other popular top-level domain names are .ORG (for non-profit organizations), .EDU (for educational institutions), .GOV (for government entities), and .NET (for network and Internet related organizations).
In addition to the top-level domain names, each country is assigned a unique top-level domain name. For example, .UK identifies a domain in the United Kingdom. Although there is a .US top-level domain name, most organization within the United States outside of state and local governments opt for one of the generic top-level name (i.e., .COM, .GOV, .ORG), which are available entities in any country through the