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The domain name org is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) of the Domain Name System (DNS) used for Internet services. The name is truncated from organization. It was one of the original domains established in 1985, and has been operated by the Public Interest Registry since 2003. The domain was originally "intended as the miscellaneous TLD for organizations that didn't fit anywhere else". It is commonly used by non-profit organizations, open-source projects, and communities, but is an open domain that can be used by anyone. The number of registered domains in .org increased from fewer than one
".org" is a web address ending that was created in 1985 as a general-purpose domain for organizations that didn't fit into other categories, and today it's commonly used by nonprofits, open-source projects, and community groups, though anyone can register one. The domain has been managed by the Public Interest Registry since 2003 and remains one of the most widely recognized web address types on the internet.
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Key facts
- Top level domain.document
- RFC 920; RFC 1591; ICANN registry agreement
- Top level domain.disputepolicy
- UDRP
- Top level domain.dnssec
- Yes
- Top level domain.image_size
- 150px
- Top level domain.name
- org
- Top level domain.image
- DotORG logo.svg
- Top level domain.type
- Generic top-level domain
- Top level domain.status
- Active
- Top level domain.registry
- Public Interest Registry (technical service by Afilias)
- Top level domain.sponsor
- Not technically sponsored, but PIR is connected with the Internet Society
- Top level domain.intendeduse
- Miscellaneous organizations not fitting in other categories (generally noncommercial)
- Top level domain.actualuse
- Nonprofits; personal sites; open-source projects; some government websites; mostly used by non-commercial entities
- Top level domain.restrictions
- None
- Top level domain.structure
- Registrations at second level permitted
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- pir.org
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- .org
- inception
- 1985-01-01
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The domain name org is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) of the Domain Name System (DNS) used for Internet services. The name is truncated from organization. It was one of the original domains established in 1985, and has been operated by the Public Interest Registry since 2003. The domain was originally "intended as the miscellaneous TLD for organizations that didn't fit anywhere else". It is commonly used by non-profit organizations, open-source projects, and communities, but is an open domain that can be used by anyone. The number of registered domains in .org increased from fewer than one million in the 1990s to ten million in 2012, and has held steady between ten and eleven million since then.
== History == thumb|A 2020 protest led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation opposed to the proposed sale of org to a private firm The domain org was established in January 1985, as one of the original top-level domains. The other domains in the original group were com, edu, gov, mil, and net. Org was originally intended for non-profit organizations or organizations of a non-commercial character that did not meet the requirements for other gTLDs. The MITRE Corporation was the first group to register an .org domain with mitre.org in July 1985. The TLD has been operated since January 1, 2003, by Public Interest Registry, who assumed the task from VeriSign Global Registry Services, a division of Verisign.