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Wondering what a domain extension are and what they mean? Take any website for example, (my example is: www.craftedcustomgifts.com) the domain extension is the .com part of the address. Domain extensions exist to make the internet more organized and helpful; the domain extensions actually tell you information about the particular site. So many sites use the generic .com extension but there actually are a variety of other extensions (such as .org and .info) on the web that classify the site for searchers and users. So what are other extension types and what do they mean?

Domain extensions are technically referred to as TLD, which stands for top level domain. A TLD is basically the highest category level that classifies pages on the web. Obviously, as the internet grows so does the number and type of domain extensions. There are several "generic" domain extensions (such as .com & .net) and many new extensions that classify the types of sites and their locations. Some examples are:
- .tv is for television/ video related sites.
- .us classifies the country (in this case the United States) that relates to the particular site.
- .int classifies organizations that are endorsed by an international treaty.
- .travel classifies travel related organizations.
- .info classifies information.
- .edu classifies school sites.
-.org classifies sites belonging to an organization

A more complete list of various other TLD's or Domain extensions can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L ist_of_Internet_top-level_doma ins

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