Alternatively called a domain suffix, TLD is short for top-level domain and is the trailing portion of the domain. For example, when visiting computerhope.com, “.com” is Computer Hope’s TLD. The original TLDs are: .com, .gov, .org, .net, .mil, .edu, and .int.

Computer abbreviations, Country code, Domain, ICANN, Internet terms, Network terms, SLD, Top

The portion of the domain directly in front of the top-level domain is known as the SLD (second-level domain).

See our Internet domain suffix listing for a full listing of top-level domains.

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