It stands for .commercial. Domain names with the .com extension are by far the most popular, and can be purchased by any individual or business.

When this appears as the last part of an address (in internet@dummies.com, for example), it indicates that the host computer is run by a computer rather than by a university (.edu) or governmental agency (.gov). It also means that the host computer is probably in the United States.

A domain name suffix denoting commercial entities such as corporations and companies. By example, vividdetails.com is the domain name for Vivid Details, a company providing royalty-free photographs on CD's. Cookies: Cookies are data entries sent from a web server to a special file on your computer. Click here for more information.

In an Internet address, a domain supported by a commercial organization. Ex: "netfx.com" is a commercial system.

Standard ending of a domain name for a commercial web site or profitable organization.

The top-level domain originally intended for "commercial" entities. This is the most recognized top-level domain worldwide. Any person or organization may register a domain name in .com..

A domain type used for Internet locations that are part of a business or commercial enterprise (e.g., www.AppSiteHosting.com).

The top-level domain originally intended for commercial entities. One of the world wide top-level domain any person or organization may register a domain name. Also See TLD

Suffix indicating a commercial domain.

Pronounced "dot-com." In an e-mail address or URL, a .com suffix denotes that the address is part of a commercial entity on the Internet.

is the most general suffix in a web address but is typically an indicator of a commercial site, such as the Pfizer corporate web site

Generic top-level domain. The most commonly used TLD on the Web.

Com is a top-level domain name that generally describes the second-level domain name it's attached to as a commercial organization (as in www.digitalmadurai.com). The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA, or in North America its delegate registry Internic) decides whether the top level domain name for a specific URL is com, edu, gov, int, mil, net or org.

One of the major Internet domains, usually representing for-profit business entities. Other major Internet domains include .net, .org, .gov, .info, .biz, and .edu.

A domain name used by commercial enterprises.

Short for .commercial. Domain names with the .com extension are the most popular and can be purchased by any individual or business in any country.

An Internet domain name for Web sites that are primarily commercial in nature. (See also gov and edu.) Most .com sites originate in the United States.

The domain that is designated for commercial businesses

This is top level domain suffix for commercial web sites. It can be can be purchased by any individual or business in any country.

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domain name reserved for businesses and commercial sites connected to the Web.