Unraveling the Mystery of Top-Level Domains
Every domain name that is available on the Internet is going to have a code at the end of it. The most common of these is .com but there are also a quite a few others that are available.
Some of these codes will distinguish what type of website owns the domain name, such as .org being for organizations, .gov being for government websites or .edu for educational websites.
Some of the other codes will let you know what country the website is from. A website with the extension .co.uk is going to be from the United Kingdom and .jp is going to be a Japanese website, to give you some examples.
Understanding this to a certain extent can help you in some instances but for the most part, people are interested in owning a .com website. This is the most easily recognizable domain name extension worldwide, and it is the most desirable.
For those of you with an interest in what some of the other country codes happen to be, here is a list of the currently available codes in alphabetical order.
AD = Andorra
AE = United Arab Emirates
AF = Afghanistan
AG = Antigua and Barbuda
AI = Anguilla
AL = Albania
AM = Armenia
AN = Netherlands Antilles
AO = Angola
AQ = Antarctica
AR = Argentina
AS = American Samoa
AT = Austria
AU = Australia
AW = Aruba
AZ = Azerbaijan
BA = Bosnia and Herzegovina
BB = Barbados
BD = Bangladesh
BE = Belgium
BF = Burkina Faso
BG = Bulgaria
BH = Bahrain
BI = Burundi
BJ = Benin
BM = Bermuda
BN = Brunei Darussalam
BO = Bolivia
BR = Brazil
BS = Bahamas
BT = Bhutan
BV = Bouvet Island
BW = Botswana
BY = Belarus
BZ = Belize
CA = Canada
CC = Cocos (Keeling) Islands
CF = Central African Republic
CG = Congo
CH = Switzerland
CI = Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
CK = Cook Islands
CL = Chile
CM = Cameroon
CN = China
CO = Colombia
CR = Costa Rica
CS = Czechoslovakia (former)
CU = Cuba
CV = Cape Verde
CX = Christmas Island
CY = Cyprus
CZ = Czech Republic
DE = Germany
DJ = Djibouti
DK = Denmark
DM = Dominica
DO = Dominican Republic
DZ = Algeria
EC = Ecuador
EE = Estonia
EG = Egypt
EH = Western Sahara
ER = Eritrea
ES = Spain
ET = Ethiopia
FI = Finland
FJ = Fiji
FK = Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
FM = Micronesia
FO = Faroe Islands
FR = France
FX = France, Metropolitan
GA = Gabon
GB = Great Britain (UK)
GD = Grenada
GE = Georgia
GF = French Guiana
GH = Ghana
GI = Gibraltar
GL = Greenland
GM = Gambia
GN = Guinea
GP = Guadeloupe
GQ = Equatorial Guinea
GR = Greece
GS = S. Georgia and S. Sandwich Isls.
GT = Guatemala
GU = Guam
GW = Guinea-Bissau
GY = Guyana
HK = Hong Kong
HM = Heard and McDonald Islands
HN = Honduras
HR = Croatia (Hrvatska)
HT = Haiti
HU = Hungary
ID = Indonesia
IE = Ireland
IL = Israel
IN = India
IO = British Indian Ocean Territory
IQ = Iraq
IR = Iran
IS = Iceland
IT = Italy
JM = Jamaica
JO = Jordan
JP = Japan
KE = Kenya
KG = Kyrgyzstan
KH = Cambodia
KI = Kiribati
KM = Comoros
KN = Saint Kitts and Nevis
KP = Korea (North)
KR = Korea (South)
KW = Kuwait
KY = Cayman Islands
KZ = Kazakhstan
LA = Laos
LB = Lebanon
LC = Saint Lucia
LI = Liechtenstein
LK = Sri Lanka
LR = Liberia
LS = Lesotho
LT = Lithuania
LU = Luxembourg
LV = Latvia
LY = Libya
MA = Morocco
MC = Monaco
MD = Moldova
MG = Madagascar
MH = Marshall Islands
MK = Macedonia
ML = Mali
MM = Myanmar
MN = Mongolia
MO = Macau
MP = Northern Mariana Islands
MQ = Martinique
MR = Mauritania
MS = Montserrat
MT = Malta
MU = Mauritius
MV = Maldives
MW = Malawi
MX = Mexico
MY = Malaysia
MZ = Mozambique
NA = Namibia
NC = New Caledonia
NE = Niger
NF = Norfolk Island
NG = Nigeria
NI = Nicaragua
NL = Netherlands
NO = Norway
NP = Nepal
NR = Nauru
NT = Neutral Zone
NU = Niue
NZ = New Zealand (Aotearoa)
OM = Oman
PA = Panama
PE = Peru
PF = French Polynesia
PG = Papua New Guinea
PH = Philippines
PK = Pakistan
PL = Poland
PM = St. Pierre and Miquelon
PN = Pitcairn
PR = Puerto Rico
PT = Portugal
PW = Palau
PY = Paraguay
QA = Qatar
RE = Reunion
RO = Romania
RU = Russia
RW = Rwanda
SA = Saudi Arabia
Sb = Solomon Islands
SC = Seychelles
SD = Sudan
SE = Sweden
SG = Singapore
SH = St. Helena
SI = Slovenia
SJ = Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
SK = Slovak Republic
SL = Sierra Leone
SM = San Marino
SN = Senegal
SO = Somalia
SR = Suriname
ST = Sao Tome and Principe
SU = USSR (former)
SV = El Salvador
SY = Syria
SZ = Swaziland
TC = Turks and Caicos Islands
TD = Chad
TF = French Southern Territories
TG = Togo
TH = Thailand
TJ = Tajikistan
TK = Tokelau
TM = Turkmenistan
TN = Tunisia
TO = Tonga
TP = East Timor
TR = Turkey
TT = Trinidad and Tobago
TV = Tuvalu
TW = Taiwan
TZ = Tanzania
UA = Ukraine
UG = Uganda
UK = United Kingdom
UM = US Minor Outlying Islands
US = United States
UY = Uruguay
UZ = Uzbekistan
VA = Vatican City State (Holy See)
VC = Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
VE = Venezuela
VG = Virgin Islands (British)
VI = Virgin Islands (U.S.)
VN = Viet Nam
VU = Vanuatu
WF = Wallis and Futuna Islands
WS = Samoa
YE = Yemen
YT = Mayotte
YU = Yugoslavia
ZA = South Africa
ZM = Zambia
ZR = Zaire
ZW = Zimbabwe
COM = US Commercial
EDU = US Educational
GOV = US Government
INT = International
MIL = US Military
NET = Network
ORG = Non-Profit Organization
ARPA = Arpanet
NATO = Nato field
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