Everything About ___
Live briefing

Everything about .com

Internet top-level domain

The domain com is a top-level domain (TLD) in the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet. Created in the first group of Internet domains in March of 1985, it is short for commercial, as it was originally intended for subdomains for commercial organizations. Later, the domain opened for general purposes. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: .comA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Key influences on university students’ physical activity: a systematic review using the Theoretical Domains Framework and the COM-B model of human behaviourInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Learning PerlThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Toward good practice in thematic analysis: Avoiding common problems and be(com)ing a knowing researcherCited 3,115 times
  5. Go sideways: WHOISA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Domain name registrarA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun An Internet top-level domain.

Noun An extension for command files.

Noun Alternative form of dotcom.

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

🔗 Related topics