Example.com
Example.com, example.net, example.org, and example.edu are second-level domain names reserved by the Internet Engineering Task Force through RFC 2606, Section 3,[1] for use in documentation and examples.
By implementing the reservation, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) made available domains to use in technical and software documentation, manuals and sample software configurations. Thus, documentation writers can be sure to select a domain name without creating naming conflicts if end-users try to use the sample configurations or examples verbatim.
When an address such as "username@example.com" is used to demonstrate the sign-up process on a website, it indicates to the user they should fill in an actual e-mail address at which they receive mail. "example.com" is used in a generic and vendor-neutral manner.
These domain names and their www subdomains resolve to IP addresses for IPv4 and IPv6 of a server managed by ICANN.
[edit] Subdomains
The example domains have one subdomain name defined in the Domain Name System. For each domain, the www third-level domain name resolves to functioning web sites hosted at the same IP address as the corresponding second-level domain name.
[edit] See also
- .example Top-level domain name reserved for documentation purposes
- Fictitious domain name
- IPv4#Allocation – IPv4 address ranges reserved for documentation and examples
- Reserved top-level domains
[edit] References
- ^ RFC 2606, Reserved Top Level DNS Names, D. Eastlake, A. Panitz, The Internet Society (June 1999)
