MPPSC 2012 General Studies Solved Paper-1

(D) The domain name .com (dotcom) used by commercial entities worldwide is a top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet. The domain name .gov is a sponsored top-level domain(s TLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. The name is derived from the word‘government’. The domain name.net is a generic top-level domain used in the Domain Name System of the Internet.The name is derived from the word ‘network’, indicating it was originally intended for organisations involved in networking technologies.