!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([TLD]) is one of the [domains] at the highest level in the [hierarchical] [Domain Name System] of the [Internet].

[{$pagename}]s were originally defined in [RFC 920] as:
Initial Set of [Top-Level Domains] ([TLD]):
* [.arpa]- Temporary The current ARPA-Internet hosts.
* [.gov] - Government, any government related domains meeting the second level requirements.
* EDU - Education, any education related domains meeting the second level requirements.
* COM - Commercial, any commercial related domains meeting the second level requirements.
* MIL - Military, any military related domains meeting the second level requirements.
* [.org] - Organization, any other domains meeting the second level requirements.
* Countries - The English [two letter code (alpha-2)|Country Code] identifying a country according the the ISO Standard for "Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries"A complete list of [IANA] [{$pagename}]s are maintained at [Root Zone Database|https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db|target='_blank']

!! [Special-Use Domain Names]
[Special-Use Domain Names] defines [DNS Domains] with restricted usage

!! More Information
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* [#1] - [Top-level_domain|Wikipedia:Top-level_domain|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2017-06-13-