User:Waldyrious/TLDs

• Generic top-level domain#History
• List of Internet top-level domains
• 800+ TLDs in the root zone
• development of TLDs (rough timeline)
• Hobbes' Internet Timeline

Timeline

• Oct 1984: .com, .org, .edu, .gov, .mil
• Jan 1985: .net
• Nov 1988: .int
• Feb 1997: .arts, .firm, .info, .nom, .rec, .store, .web proposed by IAHC
• Sep 1998: ICANN created
• Nov 2000: .aero, .biz, .coop, .info, .museum, .name, .pro selected by ICANN
• Jun 2001: .biz, .info, .museum activated (added to root server)
• Nov 2001: .biz live
• Jan 2002: .coop, .museum activated (added to root server)
• May 2002: .name activated (added to root server)
• ??? 2002: .aero activated (added to root server)
• Mar 2004: .asia, .cat, .jobs, .mobi, .tel, .travel, .xxx, .post, .mail, .tel (2) proposed
• Jun 2004: .name fully operational
• ??? ????: .asia, .cat, .jobs, .mobi, .tel, .travel approved by ICANN
• Mar 2011: .xxx approved by ICANN
• ??? 2012: .post introduced

ccTLDs

• Jul 1985: .uk
• Dec 1986: .fi
• Oct 1990: .cs (disabled in 1993, split into .cz and .sk)
• ??? 1995: .ca, .va