Sponsored Top-Level Domains (sTLD)
The following table contains the Sponsored Top-Level Domains (sTLD) and their definitions.
| Domain | Purpose / Sponsoring Organization |
|---|---|
| .AERO | Reserved for members of the air-transport industry |
| .ASIA | Restricted to the Pan-Asia and Asia Pacific community DotAsia Organization Ltd. |
| .CAT | Reserved for the Catalan linguistic and cultural community Fundacio puntCAT |
| .COOP | Reserved for cooperative associations DotCooperation LLC |
| .EDU | Reserved for post-secondary institutions accredited by an agency on the U.S. Department of Education's list of Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agencies EDUCAUSE |
| .GOV | Reserved exclusively for the United States Government |
| .INT | Used only for registering organizations established by international treaties between governments Internet Assigned Numbers Authority |
| .JOBS | Reserved for human resource managers Employ Media LLC |
| .MIL | Reserved exclusively for the United States Military DoD Network Information Center |
| .MOBI | Reserved for consumers and providers of mobile products and services mTLD Top Level Domain Limited dba dotMobi |
| .MUSEUM | Reserved for museums Museum Domain Management Association |
| .TEL | Reserved for businesses and individuals to publish their contact data Telnic Ltd. |
| .TRAVEL | Reserved for entities whose primary area of activity is in the travel industry Tralliance Registry Management Company, LLC. |
The top-level domains in this list are recognized by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which operates the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and is in charge of maintaining the DNS root zone.
For more top-level domains, see this article on top-level domains.
For a full list of top-level domains and other extensions, see domain name extension definitions
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