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.com =  Commercial
Is the most widely used extension in the world and represents commercial sites, which can be biased but can also provide useful information.

.net =  Network
 Was originally intended for sites related to the Internet, but now used for a variety of sites.

.org =  Organization
 Originally intended for non-commercial "organizations", but now used for a wide variety of sites.

.edu =  Educational
 Used for educational institutions like universities and colleges, these sites usually provide factual information.

.biz =  Business
 Used for small business sites.

.gov =  Government
 Used for U.S. Government sites, these usual present factual information.                                                                                

.mil =  Military
 Used for U.S. Military sites.

.int =  Intergovernmental 
 Used for registering organizations established by international treaties between or among national governments.

 

 Illustration of domain names with the phrase Domain Name in the middle and various domain names such as .net, .com, .biz and others surrounding the phrase.

The Domain Name System acts like a phone book for the Internet by translating IP addresses into user-friendly computer hostnames, or domain names, which are the suffixes found at the end of website URLs.