various types of domains in the world
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Talking about the basics of creating a website, it turns out that there are still many users who don't really understand the meaning of a domain. In fact, in this completely online digital era, the role of the domain is very crucial in everyday life.
Domain will help users to make it easier to access certain servers. the most commonly used domain is .com.
TLD (Top Level Domain) itself is divided into 3 types, namely,
1. Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD)
gTLD is a TLD that is general (general) so there are no special requirements to use it. Here's a list of TLDs that belong to the gTLD.
.com: used for commercial purposes
.org: used for organizational purposes
.net: used for internet / network purposes
.biz: used for business purposes
.edu: used for educational purposes
.info: used for information purposes
.name: used for personal web purposes
.pro: used for professional purposes
.aero: used for airlines
.asia: used for domains in asia
.cat: used for categories
.coop: used for the company of cooperation
.gov: used for government
.int: used for international
.jobs: used for work
.mil: used for the military
.mobi: used for mobile communication purposes
.tel: used for telecommunications
.museum: used for the museum website
.travel: used for travel
2.Country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD)
ccTLD is TLD based on country code. If you use one of the extensions below, then anyone can find out where your Country is from.
Example,
.id: used for domain names in Indonesia
.au: used for domain names in Australia
.us: used for domain names in the United States
.sg: used for domain names in Singapore
3. Top Level Indonesian Domain
PANDI (Indonesian Internet Domain Name Manager) is the manager of all .id domain extensions in Indonesia. All of these domain extensions cannot be used freely and carelessly.
There are certain requirements that must be met before you have this domain extension such as KTP, license, and others. The following includes Indonesia's Top Level Domain.
.ac.id: used for academic / higher education environments
.co.id: used for commercial purposes
.desa.id: used for village government sites
.or.id: used for organizations
.net.id: used for telecommunications service providers
.web.id: used for individuals and organizations
.sch.id: used for schools
.go.id: used for government agencies