In front of the domain type is the organisation name. This must be present and unique within the domain type. In front of the organisation name is the machine name. Knowing this naming structure you allows you to frequently guess correctly what the URL of a desired site might be. The ruling body for domain names is, or rather was, the International Ad Hoc Committee .
Plans are under way to introduce new domains e.g.
There are some sites that will translate domain names into real company names, often as an aid to choosing your own domain name and making sure it doesn't conflict with an existing name. Many of these services were originally text-based and unfriendly to use. As such, they have been superseded by the Web, but we mention them here for completeness. 2.4.1 Email Email is one of the earliest and still popular and enduring uses made of the Net. Reflecting this, there are a large number of free and commercial email packages of increasing sophistication.