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How many Different Endings are there for Web sites? .com, .net, .___?  
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When generic top-level domains were first implemented, in January 1985, there were six: .com, .edu, .gov, .mil, .net, .org. Now there are these:

	.aero - for the air transport industry
	.biz - for business use
	.cat - for Catalan language/culture
	.com - for commercial organizations, but unrestricted
	.coop - for cooperatives
	.edu - for post-secondary educational establishments
	.gov - for governments and their agencies in the United States
	.info - for informational sites, but unrestricted
	.int - for international organizations established by treaty
	.jobs - for employment-related sites
	.mil - for the US military
	.mobi - for sites catering to mobile devices
	.museum - for museums
	.name - for families and individuals
	.net - originally for network infrastructures, now unrestricted
	.org - originally for organizations not clearly falling within the other gTLDs, now unrestricted
	.pro - for certain professions
	.tel - for services involving connections between the telephone network and the Internet (added March 2, 2007)
	.travel - for travel agents, airlines, hoteliers, tourism bureaus, etc. and soon to be added
	.asia - for the Asian community
	.post - for postal services
	.geo - for geographically related sites

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