.example
Sign in to saveThe name example is reserved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a domain name that may not be installed as a top-level domain in the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet.
Key facts
- Top level domain.name
- example
- Top level domain.introduced
- 1999
- Top level domain.type
- Reserved top-level domain
- Top level domain.status
- Reserved to prevent confusion and conflict
- Top level domain.registry
- IANA
- Top level domain.sponsor
- None
- Top level domain.intendeduse
- Example top-level domain for documentation
- Top level domain.actualuse
- Sometimes used in intended manner in documentation
- Top level domain.restrictions
- No registrations are possible
- Top level domain.structure
- As needed in example usage
- Top level domain.disputepolicy
- None
- Top level domain.website
- None
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Reserved DNS names
- Purpose
- See also
- References
The name example is reserved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a domain name that may not be installed as a top-level domain in the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet.
==Reserved DNS names== In 1999, the Internet Engineering Task Force reserved the DNS labels example, invalid, localhost, and test so that they may not be installed into the root zone of the Domain Name System.
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