List of the oldest currently registered Internet domain names

This is a list of the oldest extant registered generic top-level domains used in the Domain Name System of the Internet.

.com

Internet history timeline

Early research and development:

Merging the networks and creating the Internet:

Commercialization, privatization, broader access leads to the modern Internet:

Examples of Internet services:

[1][2]

RankDate of registrationDomainRegistered to
1March 15, 1985symbolics.comSymbolics
2April 24, 1985bbn.comBBN Technologies
3May 24, 1985think.comThinking Machines
4July 11, 1985mcc.comMicroelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation
5September 30, 1985dec.comDigital Equipment Corporation
6November 7, 1985northrop.comNorthrop Corporation
7January 9, 1986xerox.comXerox
8January 17, 1986sri.comSRI International
9March 3, 1986hp.comHewlett-Packard
10March 5, 1986bellcore.comBell Communications Research
11March 19, 1986ibm.comIBM
12March 19, 1986sun.comSun Microsystems
13March 25, 1986intel.comIntel
14March 25, 1986ti.comTexas Instruments
15April 25, 1986att.comAT&T
16May 8, 1986gmr.comGeneral Motors Research Laboratories
17May 8, 1986tek.comTektronix
18July 10, 1986fmc.comFMC Corporation
19July 10, 1986ub.comUngermann-Bass
20August 5, 1986bell-atl.comBell Atlantic
21August 5, 1986ge.comGeneral Electric
22August 5, 1986grebyn.comGrebyn Corporation
23August 5, 1986isc.comInteractive Systems Corporation
24August 5, 1986nsc.comNational Semiconductor
25August 5, 1986stargate.comZayo Group [2][3][4]
26September 2, 1986boeing.comBoeing
27September 18, 1986itcorp.comInterrupt Technology Corporation
28September 29, 1986siemens.comSiemens AG
29October 18, 1986pyramid.comPyramid Technology
30October 27, 1986aschehoug.noAschehoug Forlag
31October 27, 1986bdm.comBDM Corporation
32October 27, 1986fluke.comFluke Corporation
33October 27, 1986inmet.comIntermetrics
34October 27, 1986kesmai.comKesmai
35October 27, 1986mentor.comMentor Graphics
36October 27, 1986nec.comNEC Corporation
37October 27, 1986ray.comRaytheon
38October 27, 1986rosemount.comRosemount Inc.
39October 27, 1986vortex.comVortex Technology
40November 5, 1986alcoa.comAlcoa
41November 5, 1986gte.comGeneral Telephone and Electronics
42November 17, 1986adobe.comAdobe Systems
43November 17, 1986amd.comAdvanced Micro Devices (AMD)
44November 17, 1986das.comDA Systems, Inc.
45November 17, 1986data-io.comData I/O Corporation
46November 17, 1986octopus.comOctopus Enterprises
47November 17, 1986portal.comPortal Communications Company
48November 17, 1986teltone.comTeltone Corporation
49December 11, 19863com.com3Com Corporation
50December 11, 1986amdahl.comAmdahl Corporation
51December 11, 1986ccur.comConcurrent Computer Corporation
52December 11, 1986ci.comCognition, Inc.
53December 11, 1986convergent.comConvergent Media Systems Corporation
54December 11, 1986dg.comData General
55December 11, 1986peregrine.comPeregrine Systems
56December 11, 1986quad.comQuadratron Systems Inc.
57December 11, 1986sq.comSoftQuad
58December 11, 1986tandy.comTandy Corporation
59December 11, 1986tti.comCiticorp TTI
60December 11, 1986unisys.comUnisys
61January 19, 1987cgi.comCarnegie Group Inc.
62January 19, 1987cts.comCrash TimeSharing
63January 19, 1987spdcc.comS.P. Dyer Computer Consulting
64February 19, 1987apple.comApple Computer
65March 4, 1987nma.comNetwork Management Associates
66March 4, 1987prime.comPrime Computer
67April 4, 1987philips.comPhilips
68April 23, 1987datacube.comDatacube Inc.
69April 23, 1987kai.comKuck and Associates, Inc.
70April 23, 1987tic.comTexas Internet Consulting
71April 23, 1987vine.comVine Technology
72April 30, 1987ncr.comNCR Corporation
73May 14, 1987cisco.comCisco Systems
74May 14, 1987rdl.comResearch Development Laboratories
75May 20, 1987slb.comSchlumberger Limited
76May 27, 1987parcplace.comParcPlace Systems, Inc.
77May 27, 1987utc.comUnited Technologies Corporation
78June 26, 1987ide.comInteractive Development Environments
79July 9, 1987trw.comTRW
80July 13, 1987unipress.comUnipress Software
81July 27, 1987dupont.comDuPont
82July 27, 1987lockheed.comLockheed Corporation
83July 28, 1987rosetta.comRosetta Consulting
84August 18, 1987toad.comJohn Gilmore
85August 31, 1987quick.comQuicksilver Engineering
86September 3, 1987allied.comAlliedSignal
87September 3, 1987dsc.comDigital Sound Corporation
88September 3, 1987sco.comSanta Cruz Operation
89September 22, 1987gene.comGenentech
90September 22, 1987kccs.comKC Computer Sciences
91September 22, 1987spectra.comSpectragraphics Corporation
92September 22, 1987wlk.comW.L. Kennedy Jr. & Associates
93September 30, 1987mentat.comMentat Inc.
94October 14, 1987wyse.comWyse Technology
95November 2, 1987cfg.comCaine, Farber & Gordon, Inc.
96November 9, 1987marble.comMarble Associates, Inc.
97November 16, 1987cayman.comCayman Systems, Inc.
98November 16, 1987entity.comEntity Cyber, Inc.
99November 24, 1987ksr.comKendall Square Research
100November 30, 1987nynexst.comNYNEX Science & Technology

.org

[2]

RankDate of registrationDomainRegistered to
0.January 1, 1985orgDARPA
1.July 10, 1985mitre.orgMitre Corporation
2.March 25, 1986src.orgSemiconductor Research Corporation
3.July 10, 1986super.orgCenter for Computing Sciences
4.January 7, 1987aero.orgThe Aerospace Corporation
5.January 15, 1987mcnc.orgMicroelectronics Center of North Carolina
6.April 2, 1987rand.orgRAND Corporation
7.April 4, 1987mn.orgSkyPoint Communications
8.May 1, 1987rti.orgRTI International
9.July 14, 1987usenix.orgUSENIX
10. September 2, 1987 software.org BSA Foundation (launched by Software Alliance)[5]
11. February 25, 1988 fidonet.org FidoNet

.edu

RankDate of registrationDomainRegistered to
0.January 1, 1985eduDARPA
1.April 24, 1985berkeley.eduUniversity of California, Berkeley
1.April 24, 1985cmu.eduCarnegie Mellon University
1.April 24, 1985purdue.eduPurdue University
1.April 24, 1985rice.eduRice University
1.April 24, 1985ucla.eduUniversity of California, Los Angeles
6.April 25, 1985rutgers.eduRutgers University
7.May 23, 1985mit.eduMassachusetts Institute of Technology
8.June 27, 1985harvard.eduHarvard University
9.July 5, 1985columbia.eduColumbia University
10.July 15, 1985cornell.eduCornell University
11.July 18, 1985uiuc.eduUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
12.July 24, 1985udel.eduUniversity of Delaware
13.July 31, 1985umd.eduUniversity of Maryland, College Park
14.August 13, 1985utexas.eduUniversity of Texas at Austin
15.August 20, 1985usc.eduUniversity of Southern California
16.September 30, 1985wisc.eduUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
16.September 30, 1985uci.eduUniversity of California, Irvine
18.October 4, 1985stanford.eduStanford University
19.October 7, 1985umich.eduUniversity of Michigan
20.December 9, 1985ucsd.eduUniversity of California, San Diego
21.January 6, 1986caltech.eduCalifornia Institute of Technology
22.January 23, 1986arizona.eduUniversity of Arizona
23.February 21, 1986ucsf.eduUniversity of California, San Francisco
24.March 3, 1986dartmouth.eduDartmouth College
24.March 3, 1986indiana.eduIndiana University Bloomington
24.March 3, 1986okstate.eduOklahoma State University
24.March 3, 1986unlv.eduUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas
24.March 3, 1986wfu.eduWake Forest University
24.March 3, 1986wright.eduWright State University
30.March 10, 1986isi.eduInformation Sciences Institute
31.March 19, 1986ucdavis.eduUniversity of California, Davis
31.March 19, 1986uta.eduUniversity of Texas at Arlington
31.March 19, 1986virginia.eduUniversity of Virginia
34.March 25, 1986ufl.eduUniversity of Florida
34.March 25, 1986bu.eduBoston University
34.March 25, 1986rpi.eduRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
34.March 25, 1986umass.eduUniversity of Massachusetts
34.March 25, 1986northeastern.eduNortheastern University
34.March 25, 1986usl.eduUniversity of Southwestern Louisiana (USL) 1960~1999, then: UL Lafayette
40.May 8, 1986gatech.eduGeorgia Institute of Technology
40.May 8, 1986toronto.eduUniversity of Toronto [6]
40.May 8, 1986sju.eduSaint Joseph's University
40.May 8, 1986uab.eduUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
44.June 2, 1986carleton.eduCarleton College
44.June 2, 1986duke.eduDuke University
44.June 2, 1986upenn.eduUniversity of Pennsylvania
44.June 2, 1986emory.eduEmory University
44.June 2, 1986bgsu.eduBowling Green State University
44.June 2, 1986colorado.eduUniversity of Colorado Boulder
50.June 17, 1986unc.eduUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
51.July 10, 1986usd.eduUniversity of South Dakota
51.July 10, 1986uwp.eduUniversity of Wisconsin
51.July 10, 1986wellesley.eduWellesley College
51.July 10, 1986wku.eduWestern Kentucky University
55.July 14, 1986psu.eduPennsylvania State University
56.August 27, 1986brown.eduBrown University
56.August 27, 1986unm.eduUniversity of New Mexico
58.September 2, 1986syr.eduSyracuse University
58.September 2, 1986depaul.eduDePaul University
60.September 4, 1986washington.eduUniversity of Washington
60.September 4, 1986wcslc.eduWestminster College (Utah)
62.September 29, 1986moravian.eduMoravian College
62.September 29, 1986unt.eduUniversity of North Texas
62.September 29, 1986usf.eduUniversity of South Florida
62.September 29, 1986williams.eduWilliams College
66.October 8, 1986nyu.eduNew York University
67.October 10, 1986rochester.eduUniversity of Rochester
68.October 27, 1986unh.eduUniversity of New Hampshire
68.October 27, 1986ucf.eduUniversity of Central Florida
68.October 27, 1986hawaii.eduUniversity of Hawaii
68.October 27, 1986csufresno.eduCalifornia State University, Fresno
72.November 5, 1986georgetown.eduGeorgetown University
72.November 5, 1986muskingum.eduMuskingum University
72.November 5, 1986odu.eduOld Dominion University
75.November 17, 1986usma.eduUnited States Military Academy
76.November 21, 1986clarkson.eduClarkson University
77.December 11, 1986oberlin.eduOberlin College
77.December 11, 1986ohiou.eduOhio University
77.December 11, 1986unr.eduUniversity of Nevada, Reno
80.December 16, 1986utah.eduUniversity of Utah
81.January 19, 1987byu.eduBrigham Young University
81.January 19, 1987lsu.eduLouisiana State University
83.January 21, 1987umn.eduUniversity of Minnesota
84.January 29, 1987ucsc.eduUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
85.February 19, 1987bsu.eduBall State University
85.February 19, 1987csuchico.eduCSU Chico
85.February 19, 1987kent.eduKent State University
85.February 19, 1987clemson.eduClemson University
89.February 27, 1987albany.eduUniversity at Albany
90.March 2, 1987whoi.eduWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
91.March 4, 1987mu.eduMarquette University
92.March 17, 1987yale.eduYale University
93.March 19, 1987jhu.eduJohns Hopkins University
94.April 2, 1987rockefeller.eduThe Rockefeller University
95.April 3, 1987princeton.eduPrinceton University
96.April 4, 1987yu.eduYeshiva University
97.April 14, 1987wsu.eduWashington State University
97.April 14, 1987wwu.eduWestern Washington University
97.April 14, 1987uvm.eduUniversity of Vermont
97.April 14, 1987tulane.eduTulane University
100.April 15, 1987pdx.eduPortland State University

.net

[2]

RankDate of registrationDomainRegistered to
0.January 1, 1985netDARPA
1.January 1, 1985nordu.netNORDUnet
2.April 1, 1986broken.netJason Matthews[7][8]
3.November 5, 1986nsf.netNSFNET
4.May 20, 1987uu.netUUNET
5.July 21, 1987sesqui.netSesquiNet
6.May 25, 1988mr.netMRNet (Minnesota Regional Network)
7.June 9, 1988oar.netOARnet
8.July 8, 1988sura.netSURAnet
9.September 7, 1988the.netTHEnet (Texas Higher Education Network)
10.September 16, 1988nwnet.netNorthWestNet
11.October 21, 1988es.netESnet
12. October 25, 1988 mid.net

.mil

RankDate of registrationDomainRegistered to
0.January 1, 1985milDefense Data Network

.gov

RankDate of registrationDomainRegistered to
0.January 1, 1985govDARPA

.int

RankDate of registrationDomainRegistered to
0.November 3, 1988intInternet Assigned Numbers Authority
1.October 13, 1995ip6.intInternet Assigned Numbers Authority
2.May 17, 1996ymca.intYoung Men's Christian Association
3.August 8, 1996tpc.intThe Phone Company
4.December 27, 1996ecb.intEuropean Central Bank
5.January 14, 1997eu.intEuropean Union

.arpa

RankDate of registrationDomainRegistered to
0.January 1, 1985arpaDARPA
1.September 27, 1994in-addr.arpaInternet Assigned Numbers Authority
2.September 14, 2000e164.arpaInternet Architecture Board
3.November 10, 2001ip6.arpaInternet Assigned Numbers Authority
4.October 1, 2002uri.arpaInternet Architecture Board
4.October 1, 2002urn.arpaInternet Architecture Board
6.August 29, 2006iris.arpaInternet Engineering Task Force
7.April 29, 2010in-addr-servers.arpaInternet Assigned Numbers Authority
7.April 29, 2010ip6-servers.arpaInternet Assigned Numbers Authority
9.September 30, 2013ipv4only.arpaInternet Architecture Board

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Oldest domains in the com, net, and org TLDs". Frederic Cambus. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. "Whois stargate.com". www.whois.com. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  4. "Managed Data Buys Stargate Chicago Center". Data Center Knowledge. 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  5. "Software.org Connects the Dots Between Software and Society". www.bsa.org. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  6. http://www.uwhois.com/cgi/whois.cgi?query=toronto.edu
  7. "Jason Matthews". illumos.org. 2010-08-20. Archived from the original on 2014-03-29. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  8. "Your mail to Jason Matthews <jason@broken.net>". www.nanog.org. 26 July 1997. Archived from the original on 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
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