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Welcome to Web Site Detective Academy
BD04945_.WMF (2020 bytes) In order make predictions about various web sites, you need to learn how web addresses (URLs) are organized.
Lesson 2   Domains

Some elements in a domain can give you clues about what kind of information
is at the site.  For example, the following often appear in the domain names within
a URL:

.com = commercial business
.edu = educational institution
.org - usually nonprofit organization
.gov = U.S. government
.mil = U.S. military
.net = network

 

Internet Country Codes

Codes for countries have been standardized as well.

at = Austria
au = Australia
ca = Canada (although ca stands for California in some URLs)
de = Germany (Deutschland)
jp = Japan
us = United States

 

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