Why Did It Take So Long for the Web to Get Its Own Domain Name?
Well, if nothing else, we can finally say that we got the .web domain before GTA6. After all, the original gTLDs—so-called to distinguish them from country-specific domains—were approved in 1984. But even so: that’s at least 33 years that the term “web” has been used to refer to the internet.
- ▪Well, if nothing else, we can finally say that we got the .web domain before GTA6.
- ▪After all, the original gTLDs—so-called to distinguish them from country-specific domains—were approved in 1984.
- ▪But even so: that’s at least 33 years that the term “web” has been used to refer to the internet.
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Well, if nothing else, we can finally say that we got the .web domain before GTA6. This week we learned that the .web domain had been added to global DNS servers, and that it will be administered by Verisign, which also administers a bunch of the internet’s generic top-level domains (gTLDs), including .com and .net.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000790448","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"internet","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"internet","TAGS":"web,domain-names","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); Once you’ve digested this news, you might find yourself wondering why it’s taken…
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