But the meaning of this field is quite clear.

What is known about the “.com” domain

The “.com” domain was created on January 1, 1985, among the first group of Internet domain names, along with edu, gov, mil, net, org, and int. It was originally designed for subdomains registered by companies on the Internet, but later began to be used for general purposes. It is currently the most common domain name extension.

What does it really mean?

According to the Ionos Digital Guide “.com” Short for “commercial”.

At the same time, former MIT employee Jack Haverty suggested that the domain name “.com” may have originally meant “company” because it was designed for communication between companies at the beginning of the Internet’s development, that is, in the 1980s and 1990s.

So the “.com” domain helps you understand that whatever site you’re on is run by a company or business that makes money, so think of the “com” as a company.

Value of other domains

• ‘.edu’ is short for ‘education’ and is a way to know that a website is based at a college or institution of higher learning;
• “org” generally means a nonprofit organization;
• and you can see the .io space in startups and indie games.

Additionally, Reddit forum users wrote that previously only .gov (government sites) and .net (networks or general purpose sites) were available in the United States.