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This post is a reference guide to help me through university. It allows me to choose reliable and useful websites when researching information. Each website extension is different however, the reliability of some are questionable, especially when referencing for academic work. Here's a list of website extensions and their meanings

Extensions are categories of Internet domain names.
  •  .com - Commercial

The most widely used extension in the world. Most businesses prefer a .com domain name because it is a highly recognized symbol for having a business presence on the Internet
  •  net - Network
Most commonly used by Internet service providers, Web-hosting companies or other businesses that are directly involved in the infrastructure of the Internet. Additionally, some businesses choose domain names with a .net extension for their intranet Websites.
  • .org - Organisation
Primarily used by non-profits groups or trade associations.
  • .co.uk
is the country code for UK. The .co portion of the extension indicates the domain name is for commercial purposes (similar to a standard .com extension). It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.
  • .org.uk
is the country code for UK. The .org portion of the extension indicates the domain name is for an organization. It is unrestricted and may be registered by anyone, from any country.

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