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com wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 list of oldest second level domains 3 tld extensions 4 see also 5 references 6 external links toggle the table of contents com 71 languages العربية مصرى asturianu azərbaycanca беларуская тарашкевіца беларуская български ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ বাংলা bosanski català нохчийн کوردی čeština cymraeg dansk deutsch zazaki ελληνικά emiliàn e rumagnòl esperanto español eesti euskara estremeñu فارسی suomi võro français galego עברית हिन्दी hrvatski magyar հայերեն bahasa indonesia ido italiano 日本語 한국어 کٲشُر latina lombard latviešu māori bahasa melayu မြန်မာဘာသာ مازِرونی nederlands norsk bokmål occitan polski português română русский саха тыла scots simple english slovenčina српски srpski sunda svenska ไทย türkçe українська اردو tiếng việt 吴语 閩南語 bân lâm gí 粵語 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia internet top level domain this article is about the generic top level domain com for the file format see com file for other uses see com disambiguation and dot com disambiguation com introduced january 1 1985 41 years ago 1985 01 01 registry verisign sponsor none intended use commercial entities actual use used for general purposes and is widely regarded as the standard for tlds registered domains 161 million q4 2025 1 registration restrictions none structure registrations are conducted at second level documents rfc 920 rfc 1591 icann registry agreement dispute policies udrp dnssec yes idn yes registry website yourdot com the domain com is a top level domain tld in the domain name system dns of the internet created in the first group of internet domains in march of 1985 it is short for commercial 2 as it was originally intended for subdomains for commercial organizations later the domain opened for general purposes the domain was originally administered by the united states department of defense but is today operated by verisign and remains under ultimate jurisdiction of u s law 3 4 5 the com domain is more commonly used than the more specific us by american businesses and enterprises 6 verisign registrations in the com domain are processed via registrars accredited by icann the registry accepts internationalized domain names the domain was one of the original tlds of the internet when the domain name system was implemented in january 1985 the others being edu gov mil net org and int 7 it has grown into the largest top level domain 8 and has lent its name to the dot com bubble the era of the late 1990s during which excessive speculation in internet related concepts and companies led to rapid growth in the use and adoption of the internet history edit the domain com was one of the first set of top level domains when the domain name system was first implemented for the internet on january 1 1985 9 the domain was administered by the u s department of defense but the department contracted the domain maintenance to sri international sri created ddn nic also known as sri nic or simply the nic network information center 10 then accessible online with the domain name nic ddn mil beginning october 1 1991 an operations contract was awarded to government systems inc gsi which sub contracted it to network solutions inc nsi 11 on january 1 1993 the national science foundation assumed responsibility of maintenance as com was primarily being used for non defense interests the nsf contracted operation to network solutions nsi in 1995 the nsf authorized nsi to begin charging registrants an annual fee for the first time since the domain s inception initially the fee was us 50 equivalent to 106 in 2025 per year with us 35 going to nsi and us 15 going to a government fund new registrations had to pay for the first two years making the new domain registration fee us 100 in 1997 the united states department of commerce assumed authority over these first seven generic tlds it is currently operated by verisign which had acquired network solutions verisign later spun off network solutions non registry functions into a separate company that continues as a registrar in the english language the domain is often spelled with a leading period and commonly pronounced as dot com and has entered common parlance this way although com domains were initially intended to designate commercial entities 12 the domain has had no restrictions for eligible registrants since the mid 1990s with the commercialization and popularization of the internet the domain was opened to the public and quickly became the most common top level domain for websites email and networking many companies that flourished in the period from 1997 to 2001 the time known as the dot com bubble incorporated the label com into company names these became known as dot coms or dot com companies the introduction of domain biz in 2001 which was aimed at companies that failed to register a suitable com domain name intended to make customers realize that they had arrived at a legitimate business website although it did not achieve widespread use 13 although companies anywhere in the world can register com domains many countries have a second level domain with a similar purpose under their country code top level domain cctld such as australia com au china com cn greece com gr israel co il india co in indonesia co id japan co jp mexico com mx nepal com np pakistan com pk south korea co kr sri lanka com lk united kingdom co uk and vietnam com vn many non commercial sites and networks use com names to benefit from the perceived recognizability of a com domain however the registration statistics show varying popularity over the years 8 in december 2011 verisign reported that approximately 100 million com domains were registered 14 according to the domain name industry brief published in march 2020 which publishes every quarter com domain registration totaled 145 4 15 million as of march 2009 verisign reported that 926 accredited registrars serve the domain 14 on november 29 2012 the u s department of commerce approved the renewal of the com registry agreement between verisign inc and icann through this agreement verisign managed the com registry until november 30 2018 16 list of oldest second level domains edit the following are the 100 oldest still existing registered com domains 17 see also list of the oldest currently registered internet domain names rank creation date domain name 1 march 15 1985 symbolics com 2 april 24 1985 bbn com 3 may 24 1985 think com 4 july 11 1985 mcc com 5 september 30 1985 dec com 6 november 7 1985 northrop com 7 january 9 1986 xerox com 8 january 17 1986 sri com 9 march 3 1986 hp com 10 march 5 1986 bellcore com 11 march 19 1986 ibm com 11 march 19 1986 sun com 13 march 25 1986 intel com 13 march 25 1986 ti com 15 april 25 1986 att com 16 may 8 1986 gmr com 16 may 8 1986 tek com 18 july 10 1986 fmc com 18 july 10 1986 ub com 20 august 5 1986 bell atl com 20 august 5 1986 ge com 20 august 5 1986 grebyn com 20 august 5 1986 isc com 20 august 5 1986 nsc com 20 august 5 1986 stargate com 26 september 2 1986 boeing com 27 september 18 1986 itcorp com 28 september 29 1986 siemens com 29 october 18 1986 pyramid com 30 october 27 1986 alphacdc com 30 october 27 1986 bdm com 30 october 27 1986 fluke com 30 october 27 1986 inmet com 30 october 27 1986 kesmai com 30 october 27 1986 mentor com 30 october 27 1986 nec com 30 october 27 1986 ray com 30 october 27 1986 rosemount com 30 october 27 1986 vortex com 40 november 5 1986 alcoa com 40 november 5 1986 gte com 42 november 17 1986 adobe com 42 november 17 1986 amd com 42 november 17 1986 das com 42 november 17 1986 data io com 42 november 17 1986 octopus com 42 november 17 1986 portal com 42 november 17 1986 teltone com 49 december 11 1986 3com com 49 december 11 1986 amdahl com rank creation date domain name 49 december 11 1986 ccur com 49 december 11 1986 ci com 49 december 11 1986 convergent com 49 december 11 1986 dg com 49 december 11 1986 peregrine com 49 december 11 1986 quad com 49 december 11 1986 sq com 49 december 11 1986 tandy com 49 december 11 1986 tti com 49 december 11 1986 unisys com 61 january 19 1987 cgi com 61 january 19 1987 cts com 61 january 19 1987 spdcc com 64 february 19 1987 apple com 65 march 4 1987 nma com 65 march 4 1987 prime com 67 april 4 1987 philips com 68 april 23 1987 datacube com 68 april 23 1987 kai com 68 april 23 1987 tic com 68 april 23 1987 vine com 72 april 30 1987 ncr com 73 may 14 1987 cisco com 73 may 14 1987 rdl com 75 may 20 1987 slb com 76 may 27 1987 parcplace com 76 may 27 1987 utc com 78 june 26 1987 ide com 79 july 9 1987 trw com 80 july 13 1987 unipress com 81 july 27 1987 dupont com 81 july 27 1987 lockheed com 83 july 28 1987 rosetta com 84 august 18 1987 toad com 85 august 31 1987 quick com 86 september 3 1987 allied com 86 september 3 1987 dsc com 86 september 3 1987 sco com 89 september 22 1987 gene com 89 september 22 1987 kccs com 89 september 22 1987 spectra com 89 september 22 1987 wlk com 93 september 30 1987 mentat com 94 october 14 1987 wyse com 95 november 2 1987 cfg com 96 november 9 1987 marble com 97 november 16 1987 cayman com 97 november 16 1987 entity com 99 november 24 1987 ksr com 100 november 30 1987 nynexst com tld extensions edit after the success of the com domain centralnic registered multiple tld extensions under the format country com these tld extensions are ar com argentina discontinued au com australia registry br com brazil registry cn com china registry de com germany registry eu com european union registry gb com great britain discontinued gr com greece no official registrar hu com hungary discontinued it com italy registry uk com united kingdom registry us com united states registry za com south africa no official registrar see also edit list of most expensive domain names references edit the dnib quarterly report q4 2025 domain name industry brief dnib retrieved february 9 2026 postel j reynolds j k october 1984 rfc 920 domain requirements ietf p 2 doi 10 17487 rfc0920 rfc 920 com commercial any commercial related domains meeting the second level requirements pott trevor thomson iain march 1 2012 us shuts down canadian gambling site with verisign s help the register les com peuvent être saisis par les autorités américaines in french pc world magazine archived from the original on february 27 2013 retrieved november 28 2012 kaelin lee march 1 2012 no need for sopa verisign seizes bodog com for us authorities techspot the most popular domain extensions top 10 tlds ionos october 17 2022 archived from the original on may 10 2023 retrieved may 10 2023 icann archives top level domains gtlds 1 2 domain name industry brief dnib verisign december 31 2022 retrieved march 23 2023 com domain delegation data iana retrieved february 1 2020 sitzler dana d smith patricia g marine april n february 1992 building a network information services infrastructure ietf p 3 doi 10 17487 rfc1302 fyi 12 rfc 1302 nic nic ddn mil september 25 1991 sri nic services moving newsgroup ddn mgt bulletin archived from the original on july 19 2011 jon postel march 1994 rfc 1591 domain name system structure and delegation ietf p 2 doi 10 17487 rfc1591 rfc 1591 introducing com org net biz comdomains november 17 2020 1 2 com monthly transaction report icann org december 2011 archived from the original csv on may 20 2013 executive summary pdf the domain name industry brief 17 1 verisign 2 march 2020 department of commerce approves verisign icann com registry renewal agreement ntia doc gov press release november 30 2012 archived from the original on december 3 2012 100 oldest com domains iwhois com archived from the original on october 14 2013 retrieved march 10 2012 external links edit iana com whois information list of com accredited registrars com whois com registry agreement at icann v t e notable generic top level domains current general app art bank bar bible biz blog cam cloud club college com design dev eco fun gay gdn global guru hiv inc info kaufen kids kosher lgbt name mobi moe monster music net ngo ong one online ooo org pro radio realtor sexy shop site tech top video wiki wtf xyz zip sponsored aero cat cern coop edu gov int jobs mil museum post tel travel xxx geographic africa alsace amsterdam asia barcelona bcn berlin brussels bzh cymru eus frl gal gent irish ist istanbul kiwi koeln krd lat london melbourne nyc paris quebec rio saarland scot stockholm sydney taipei tokyo vegas vlaanderen wales wien zuerich infrastructure arpa deleted retired nato reserved example internal invalid local localhost onion test proposed language and nationality eng ker nai sic technical geo mail web other kid category full list country code top level domains v t e list of top level domains for the united states united states boston com miami nyc us vegas sponsored edu gov mil territories as gu mp pr vi deprecated um retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title com oldid 1370333693 categories domain name system security extensions generic top level domains council of european national top level domain registries members domain names in the united states internet properties established in 1985 1985 establishments in the united states hidden categories articles with short description short description is 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