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What Does '.COM' Really Stand For?

Tuesday October 13, 2009

Interestingly enough, the .com domain address does not mean "communication". Nor does it mean "computer". As straightforward as it is, most people have no idea what .com really signifies. About.com explains .com here...

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February 20, 2009 at 1:36 am
(1) Sean says:

Some people says .COM stands for “Communications” or “Computer” and I personally think that .COM actually stands for “Common”. Why it is because, most of the websites are commonly domain registered.
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Sean
Brisbane Dating

April 27, 2009 at 8:08 pm
(2) landing page says:

.COM means commercial, we had made a great research about Internet Marketing and definitely this domain is very popular.

David Mouriel

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