What is a Top-level Domain?
A top-level domain (TLD), also known as a web address, is the suffix that appears after a name on the Internet. TLDs come in two types: generic TLDs (gTLDs) and country-code TLDs (ccTLDs). Common examples of gTLDs are .COM, .NET, and .EDU, and familiar country codes are .UK (United Kingdom), .FR (France), and .US (United States).
Since its inception in 1998, ICANN, the organization that oversees Internet policy and technical functioning, has been looking at ways to introduce new top-level domains. Now, eleven years later, ICANN has announced a major expansion in the number of different top-level domains, and we will apply for .GAY — a TLD run by and dedicated to expanding the civil rights of lesbian and gay people in the U.S. and around the world.
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