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.edu
Sponsored top-level domain intended for educational institutions / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The domain name .edu is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. The domain was implemented in 1985 to create a domain name hierarchy for organizations with a focus on education. At the time, it was open for registration for entities from any region. Since 2001, new registrants for second-level domain names have been required to be United States–affiliated institutions of higher education.
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Introduced | January 1, 1985; 39 years ago (1985-01-01) |
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TLD type | Sponsored top-level domain[1] |
Status | Active |
Registry | Educause (operated by VeriSign) |
Intended use | US Educational institutions |
Structure | Registrations at second level permitted |
Documents | RFC 920; RFC 1591 |
DNSSEC | yes |
Registry website | net |
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