What is TLD and types of TLDs?

Top-level domain (TLD) refers to the last segment of a domain name, or the part that follows immediately after the "dot" symbol. TLDs are mainly classified into two categories: generic TLDs and country-specific TLDs. Examples of some of the popular TLDs include
 
Top-level domain (TLD) refers to the last segment of a domain name, or the part that follows immediately after the "dot" symbol.

Some of the TLDs and their explanations are as follows:

.com - Commercial businesses
.org - Organizations (generally charitable)
.net - Network organizations
.gov - U.S. government agencies
.mil - Military
.edu - Educational facilities like universities
.th - Thailand
.ca - Canada
.au - Australia
 
A top-level domain is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space.
 
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