User:Habatchii/.codes

This page is about the generic top-level domain .codes. For other uses, see Habatchii/.codes (disambiguation).

.codes

Introduced	2013
Registry	Puff Willow, LLC.
Sponsor	Donuts, Inc.
Intended use	Computer/Network code entities (worldwide)
Actual use	Used for computer languages and network based code programming development communities.
Registration restrictions	None
Structure	Registrations are conducted at second level.
Documents	Delegation Report; IANA
Dispute policies	UDRP
DNSSEC	yes
Registry website	Donuts

The domain name codes is a Generic top-level domain (GTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet.

History

The GTLD was created and delegated into the Root Zone in December 2013. Its sunrise period was between June 2012 to October 2013. As of March, 2015 it was one of 125 other GTLD's to be categorized under the technology classification.

Usage and Statistics

The .codes GTLD is designated for computer programming associations such as the Python Software Foundation and the Wikimedia Foundation, of which developed the Media wiki software. The circulation of the GTLD is still in its initial stages, due to existing TLD policies which protect new GTLD's within the scope of Root Zone jurisdiction. This development period gives software associations and large programming conventions a fair opportunity to further develop the .codes and prevent instances such as cybersquatting and Trademark infringement of the larger association's client corporations.

Skeptical Review and Censure

The .codes and other GTLD's did receive a negative review from consumer based reports, although most typically from non-industry speculation of the notability of usage. Yet, the viability of the domains that use the new GTLDs is authenticated by association and almost all internet domain registries on a global scale do honor their usage.

Marketing campaigns of .codes domains are directed towards individuals, institutions and corporations that maintain or teach source code related content. These may include Information Technology firms, accredited schools and universities, desktop publishing companies, computer programmers and video game developers. The strategy of using the sunrise period allows large corporations time to generate a marketing plan for GTLD's that bear their names. This strategy has the propensity to create controversy due to corporation's seeking other alternatives, so forfeiting the GTLD to bulk acquisition by registrars and opening up further dispute as to the usage of the GTLD. Other industries such as customer appreciation groups may use the suffix to promote loyalty programs which reward customer via a code system. Although there are no laws against such actions, there are other GTLD's that may be more defined to those industries.

Intergovernmental agencies use what are known as a restricted GTLD entension, along with their international designators; regular corporations or individuals can not acquire them, so the issue of GTLD's for airport codes, municipal codes and other intergovernmental agencies would fall under the authority of such subgoverning bodies and would not apply to the open GTLD ruling.

Tracking and Accountability Ranking Data

According to RegistrarStats, approximately 4500 websites were being maintained on the world wide web fiscal Q2 2015 using the .codes GTLD suffix. The majority of those where filed by the registrar 101domains, Inc. with 23% of the percent shares, followed closely by registrars eNom, Inc. and GoDaddy, LLC. in 3rd place with 12% of the domain shares.

Languages and Security Issues

Computer source codes (see, Programming language) are written using data and keywords, these keywords are currently under critical review by the software industry. As with most of the new top level domains, security vunerabilities for new and existing source codes and websites have increased due to the propensity of the GTLD market to capitalize on anticipated traffic. In 2015, approximately 75 high frequency keywords had been registered as a GTLD. Such GTLD acquisitions are usually bought in bulk and reclassified as a Domains Protected Marks List. But this process is extremely costly for developer organizations and isolating keywords would make the GTLD campaign unviable. The threat of vulnerabilities via servers is not new to TLD organizations. .com and virtually all native TLD's have been under security alerts since their implementation. Yet, IT corporations have continued the campaign of improving security response systems and limiting the effects of destructive usage and abuse.

Ethics in Source Codes and Version Control Management

The issue of ethics and the mass population of code related GTLD's is an important area due to the propensity of hacker groups to create viruses and other malicious activity. Other GTLD buzzwords such as .commandline create massive vulnerabilities in both software and client/host situations. With the onset of the GTLD boom, hackers now have a profusion of resources to use when breaching a private server.

ICANN List of Technology Classification GTLD's

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A

• .analytics
• .anquan
• .antivirus
• .app

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B

• .blog
• .bot
• .box

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C

• .call
• .cam
• .camera
• .channel
• .chat
• .circle
• .click
• .cloud
• .codes
• .computer
• .connectors
• .contact

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D

• .data
• .dev
• .digital
• .direct
• .directory
• .docs
• .domains
• .dot
• .download

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E

• .ecom
• .email
• .energy
• .express

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F

• .fail
• .feedback
• .foo
• .forum
• .fyi

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G

• .got
• .graphics
• .gripe
• .guru

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H

• .help
• .here
• .host
• .hosting

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I

• .idn

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J

• .java

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К

• .ком

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L

• .link
• .live
• .lol

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M

• .mail
• .map
• .meme
• .mobile

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N

• .network
• .ninja

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O

• .one
• .online
• .ott

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P

• .page
• .patch
• .phone
• .pid
• .pin
• .ping
• .protection

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S

• .safe
• .safety
• .search
• .site
• .software
• .space
• .stream
• .support
• .systems

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T

• .talk
• .tech
• .technology
• .trust
• .tube

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V

• .vision
• .vivo

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W

• .wang
• .watch
• .web
• .webcam
• .webs
• .website
• .weibo
• .whoswho
• .wiki
• .win
• .winners
• .wow
• .wtf

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X

• .xihuan

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Z

• .zero
• .zip

See also

• List of most expensive domain names
• Donuts (corporation)
• Sunrise period
• Software developer
• Video game developer
• Gamification
• Generic top-level domain
• Loyalty program
• List of free and open-source software packages
• Index of Internet-related articles
• Repository (revision control)
• Top-level domain
• Cyberethics

External links

• Biz Journals
• PC Magazine
• IANA .com whois information
• List of .com accredited registrars
• .com WhoIS
• PCPRO GTLD Review

Category:Generic top-level domains Category:Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members Category:2013 introductions