The story of .um

by billso on Tuesday, 6 February 2007

In my pre­vi­ous post, I men­tioned .org domain names.

Domain names are orga­nized into a few hun­dred TLDs or top level domains, such as .com, .us, .gov, .eu, and var­i­ous codes for indi­vid­ual countries.

I had never heard of the .um TLD until I saw an arti­cle about its demise in the Chron­i­cle of Higher Edu­ca­tion.

The .um TLD was intended for the United States’ minor out­ly­ing islands but hasn’t been used. So .um has been abolished.

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