And, of course, "edu." In most cases, this domain signifies origin in an American
institution of higher education.  It's the most used domain behind "com."

Cheeers,

--
Christopher Stewart
Associate Director for Network Services
Paul V. Galvin Library
Illinois Institute of Technology
www.gl.iit.edu

Rich Greenberg wrote:

> Since no one else has, I will try to give a better answer than Joe did.
>
> What you can do is look at the last qualifier in the address.  If its
> OTHER than "com", "mil", "gov", "org" or "net",  its normally a 2
> character country code.  I assume that somewhere on the web is a list
> of these codes but I don't know where it is.  A few that I know are:
>
>   ru = Russia
>   us = United States
>   uk = Great Britan
>   ca = Canada
>
> If you see this 2 letter code (and can locate the matching country's
> list) the chances are very good that the node is located in that
> country.  There are exceptions,  and there is no guarantee that the user
> is also located in that country, as the user could be dialed in or
> telnetting internationaly.
>
> Most addresses ending in "com", "mil", "gov", "org" or "net" are located
> in the USA.  "Com" are businesses, "mil" are US Military sites, "gov"
> are national, state, or local government bodies, "org" is usually a
> non-profit organization,  and "net" is usually an internet related
> site.
>
> Again, there are exceptions, and again there is no guarantee that the
> user is also located in that country.  Most of the exceptions are nodes
> that were established early,  before the 2 char country codes started or
> they are multi-national organizations.
>
> This is to the best of my knowlege.  If I have erred,  I am confident
> that someone will be happy to point out my errors.
>
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