INFRASTRUCTURE (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.root) vrsn-end-of-zone-marker-dummy-record.root is a domain name listed in the DNS root zone as a diagnostic marker, whose presence demonstrates the root zone was not truncated upon loading by a root nameserver. It could be argued it represents a top-level domain of .root, although technically no such delegation exists. INFRASTRUCTURE (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.arpa) .arpa is an Internet top-level domain (TLD) used exclusively for Internet-infrastructure purposes. It does not function as a normal TLD where websites are registered, but rather as a meta-TLD used to look up addresses, and for other purposes. SPONSORED for the air transport industry UNSPONSORED for business use SPONSORED for Catalan language/culture UNSPONSORED for commercial organizations, but unrestricted SPONSORED for cooperatives UNSPONSORED 1.0 for post-secondary educational establishments UNSPONSORED for governments and their agencies in the United States UNSPONSORED for informational sites, but unrestricted UNSPONSORED for international organizations established by treaty SPONSORED for employment-related sites UNSPONSORED for the US military SPONSORED for sites catering to mobile devices SPONSORED for museums UNSPONSORED for families and individuals UNSPONSORED originally for network infrastructures, now unrestricted UNSPONSORED originally for organizations not clearly falling within the other gTLDs, now unrestricted SPONSORED for certain professions SPONSORED for travel agents, airlines, hoteliers, tourism bureaus, etc. STARTUP for the Asian community PROPOSED for postal services STARTUP for services involving connections between the telephone network and the Internet PROPOSED for geographically related sites PROPOSED for Galicia, a country within Spain PROPOSED for Wales, a country within the UK PROPOSED for Scotland, a country within the UK PROPOSED for websites designed for children PROPOSED for websites designed for children PROPOSED http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.mail PROPOSED For Web sites of all sorts PROPOSED For Adult entertainment sites DELETED for NATO sites and operations. Replaced by .int PSEUDO_DOMAIN identifying a hostname not connected directly to the Internet, but a bitnet network PSEUDO_DOMAIN identifying a hostname not connected directly to the Internet, but a csnet network PSEUDO_DOMAIN identifying a hostname not connected directly to the Internet, but a bitnet network PSEUDO_DOMAIN .local is a pseudo top-level domain used by Apple, Inc.'s Bonjour protocol. PSEUDO_DOMAIN alias of .local PSEUDO_DOMAIN designates an anonymous or pseudonymous address reachable via the Tor network. Ascension Island Andorra United Arab Emirates Afghanistan Antigua and Barbuda Anguilla Albania Armenia Netherlands Antilles Angola Antarctica Argentina American Samoa Austria Australia Aruba Aland Islands Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Barbados Bangladesh Belgium Burkina Faso Bulgaria Bahrain Burundi Benin Bermuda Brunei Bolivia Brazil Bahamas Bhutan Burma NOT_IN_USE not in use since re-naming of country to Myanmar, see .mm Bouvet Island NOT_IN_USE not in use; no registrations Botswana Belarus Belize Canada Cocos Keeling Islands Democratic Republic of the Congo formerly .zr - Zaire Central African Republic Republic of the Congo Switzerland Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast Cook Islands Chile Cameroon People s Republic of China Colombia Costa Rica Serbia and Montenegro DELETED formerly .yu - Yugoslavia; description: on June 3, 2006, Montenegro declared independence, thus dissolving the state union) (.cs code not assigned; no DNS) (.cs code previously used for Czechoslovakia Cuba Cape Verde Christmas Island Cyprus Czech Republic German Democratic Republic(East Germany) DELETED deleted in 1990 Germany Djibouti Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Algeria Ecuador Estonia Egypt Western Sahara NOT_IN_USE not assigned; no DNS Eritrea Spain Ethiopia European Union code "exceptionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1 Finland Fiji Falkland Islands Federated States of Micronesia Faroe Islands France Gabon United Kingdom Reserved domain by IANA; deprecated – see .uk Grenada Georgia French Guiana Guernsey Ghana Gibraltar Greenland Gambia Guinea Guadeloupe Equatorial Guinea Greece South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Guatemala Guam Guinea Bissau Guyana Hong Kong Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Croatia Haiti Hungary Indonesia Ireland Israel Isle of Man India British Indian Ocean Territory Iraq Iran Iceland Italy Jersey Jamaica Jordan Japan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Kiribati Comoros Saint Kitts and Nevis North Korea NOT_IN_USE not assigned; no DNS South Korea Kuwait Cayman Islands Kazakhstan Laos Lebanon Saint Lucia Liechtenstein Sri Lanka Liberia Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Libya Morocco Monaco Moldova Montenegro Madagascar Marshall Islands Republic of Macedonia Mali Myanmar formerly .bu - Burma Mongolia Macau Northern Mariana Islands Martinique Mauritania Montserrat Malta Mauritius Maldives Malawi Mexico Malaysia Mozambique Namibia New Caledonia Niger Norfolk Island Nigeria Nicaragua Netherlands Norway Nepal Nauru Niue New Zealand Oman Panama Peru French Polynesia Papua New Guinea Philippines Pakistan Poland Saint Pierre and Miquelon Pitcairn Islands Puerto Rico Palestinian territories Portugal Palau Paraguay Qatar Réunion Romania Serbia Russia Rwanda Saudi Arabia Solomon Islands Seychelles Sudan Sweden Singapore Saint Helena Slovenia Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands NOT_IN_USE not in use; no registrations Slovakia Sierra Leone San Marino Senegal Somalia Suriname São Tomé and Príncipe Soviet Union DELETED deprecated; being phased out; code "transitionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1 El Salvador Syria Swaziland Turks and Caicos Islands Chad French Southern Territories Togo Thailand Tajikistan Tokelau East Timor formerly .tp Turkmenistan Tunisia Tonga East Timor DELETED deprecated - use .tl; code "transitionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1 Turkey Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Republic of China Taiwan Tanzania Ukraine Uganda United Kingdom code "exceptionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1 (see also .gb) United States Minor Outlying Islands DELETED see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.um United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican City Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela British Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands Vietnam Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Samoa formerly Western Samoa Yemen Mayotte Yugoslavia subsequently renamed Serbia and Montenegro (code officially replaced by .cs (see above) but still used; code "transitionally reserved" by ISO 3166-1) South Africa Zambia Zaire DELETED replaced by .cd Zimbabwe DELETED DELETED DELETED DELETED