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not really? nic.* is just an "About this TLD"

• pcj-github 4y ago
  The question wasn't "what's nic mean?", it was "is buying your own top level domain going to be the new normal?" Presumably if you have enough cash, I'd say yes.
• Tempest1981 4y ago
  So what does "nic" stand for? And why not www.* or about.*? (Google search wasn't too helpful)
  • CaliforniaKarl 4y ago
    "NIC" stands for "Network Information Center". For basic information, check out https://www.sri.com/hoi/domain-names-the-network-information-center/ https://www.sri.com/hoi/domain-names-the-network-information... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterNIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterNIC
  • jpgvm 4y ago
    Network Information Center.
  • Cixelyn 4y ago
    Network Information Center. They did DNS stuff before ICANN See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterNIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterNIC
  • deleted 4y ago
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  • forgotpwd16 4y ago
    For the second question nic.* is conventionally the domain utilized by the TLD operator. So nic.brand may contain info and functions related to the .brand TLD and then www.brand and about.brand be other sites. E.g. nic.google redirects to registry.google, Google's domain registrar whose engineers also operate .google, whereas about.google can be considered the actual brand home site.
    • CydeWeys 4y ago
      > E.g. nic.google redirects to registry.google, Google's domain registrar whose engineers also operate .google Negative. Google's TLDs are operated by Google Registry, as shown on that site, which is an entirely separate team from Google Domains (the registrar).
      • forgotpwd16 4y ago
        Yeah, true. Was deceived by the check domain field and mixed them up.