[BNM] Domain question

[Joe Aliferis]

I may have opened a can of worms...

tasty worms - that provide important nourishment - but worms nonetheless

:-)

joe

David Pashley wrote:
> On Oct 02, 2007 at 16:29, Nick Wilsdon praised the llamas by saying:
>> Joe wrote:
>>  
>>>> I am a bit confused about the top level of domains...
>>> Is .uk a top level domain and .co.uk a sub domain ?
>>  
>> As Tom says plus:
>>  
>> AFAIK there are three domain categories:
>>  
>> 1)     gTLD – General Top Level Domain (com/org/net/info etc)
>> 2)     sTLD – Sponsored Top Level Domains (.aero, .job etc)
>> 3)     ccTLD – Country Code Top Level Domains (co.uk /.ru etc)
>>  
>> So co.uk is a ccTLD, but also a second level domain. 
> 
> Erm, no .co.uk is a sub domain of the .uk top level domain. The whole
> "only having one part" thing makes it a top level. 
>>