- Example.com
example.com, example.net, and example.org are second-level
domain name s reserved by theInternet Engineering Task Force through RFC 2606, Section 3, for use in documentation and examples. They are not available for registration.By implementing the reservation, the
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) made available domains to use in manuals and sample software configurations. Thus, documentation writers can be sure to select a domain name without creating naming conflicts if end-users try to use the sample configurations or examples verbatim.When an address such as "yourusername@example.com" is used to demonstrate the sign-up process on a website, it indicates to the user they should fill in an actual e-mail address at which they receive mail. "example.com" is used in a generic and vendor-neutral manner.
As of
2008 , these domain names resolve (inIPv4 ) to 208.77.188.166 and are managed byICANN .ee also
*
.example
* 192.0.2.0/24 –IPv4 range reserved for documentation and example code by RFC 3330
* Reserved top-level domains
*555 (telephone number) External links
* [http://example.com example.com]
* [http://example.net example.net]
* [http://example.org example.org]
* [http://208.77.188.166 208.77.188.166]
*RFC 2606
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