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Internet top-level domain

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. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: .orgA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Cloning of the Maternal Effector Gene org and Its Regulation by lncRNA ORG-AS in Chinese Tongue Sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis)Influential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: The Red Badge of CourageThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Classification of subtype of acute ischemic stroke. Definitions for use in a multicenter clinical trial. TOAST. Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment.Cited 10,641 times
  5. Go sideways: Public Interest RegistryA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Domain nameA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun An Internet top-level domain intended to indicate that a website is used by an organization.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. History
  2. Registrations
  3. Domain name security
  4. Cost of registration
  5. Regulatory positions

🏆 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.

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