| Domain names are the trailing parts of website | | | | delegated to particular organizations. These |
| addresses. They refer to the extensions such as | | | | organizations are referred to as "registry operators", |
| ".com", ".net", ".org", and ".gov". They are also called | | | | "sponsors", or "delegates". In many countries, local |
| top-level domains (TLDs). The Internet Assigned | | | | authorities (NICs) are responsible for this |
| Numbers Authority (IANA) classifies top-level domains | | | | administration, which asks for different requirements |
| in three types. They are country code top-level | | | | such as certificates of establishment, registration |
| domains, generic top-level domains, and infrastructure | | | | trademark, etc., In Canada, IP addresses used to be |
| top-level domains. Country code top-level domains | | | | allocated out of the University of Toronto. Recently, |
| are two-lettered extensions that refer to the sites | | | | it has been taken over by InterNIC, Canada's domain |
| registered in a particular country. For example, ".uk" | | | | registration center. |
| indicates that the site is registered in the United | | | | There are many Internet service providers who can, |
| Kingdom, and ".in" refers to sites registered in India. | | | | on behalf of the interested group or individual, get |
| Canadian domain names end with the ".ca" extension. | | | | the Canadian domain registration and act as their local |
| In order to get a site registered with a ".ca" | | | | representative by providing international trademark |
| extension, an individual has to be a Canadian citizen or | | | | registrations, Canadian-specific domains and |
| resident, or an organization that has a presence in | | | | trademark registrations. Their other services include |
| that country or owns a registered Canadian | | | | providing Domain Name Services (DNS), allocating a |
| trademark. CA domains are globally recognized and | | | | specific amount of web space and monthly traffic |
| are accessible as other domains. | | | | from few MBs to GBs, domain forwarding, and |
| The responsibility for operating domain names, | | | | domain administration. |
| including the registration of second-level domains, is | | | | |