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'''Sponsored Top level Domain (sTLD)''' is a special category of the [[TLD|top level domains]] (TLD)s in the [[DNS|Domain Name System]] (DNS) maintained by the [[IANA|Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] (IANA). sTLDs has a '''sponsor''' for specific purposes. Top level domain sponsors may belong to a specific ethnic community, professional group, or geographical location.The sponsor of the TLD is responsible to develop of policies, ensure transparency and accountability in its operations, and maintain the best interest of the sponsored internet community.

'''Sponsored Top level Domain (sTLD)''' is a special category of the [[TLD|top level domains]] (TLD)s in the [[DNS|Domain Name System]] (DNS) maintained by the [[IANA|Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] (IANA). sTLDs have a '''sponsor''' for specific purposes. Top level domain sponsors may belong to a specific ethnic community, professional group, or geographical location. The sponsor of the TLD is responsible to develop policies, ensure transparency and accountability in its operations, and maintain the best interest of the sponsored internet community.

==Background==

==Background==

Between 1984 and 1985, the Domain Name System  of the internet was deployed under the guidance of [[Jon Postel]] to replace the host.txt system. The DNS contains resource records that maps easy to remember domain names to unique numeric addresses assigned to every computer. It also serve as a distributed database for information about resources on the Internet.<ref>[http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc921.txt RFC 921]</ref>

Between 1984 and 1985, the Domain Name System  of the internet was deployed under the guidance of [[Jon Postel]] to replace the host.txt system. The DNS contains resource records that map easy-to-remember domain names to unique numeric addresses assigned to every computer. It also serves as a distributed database for information about resources on the Internet.<ref>[http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc921.txt RFC 921]</ref>

The initial top level domain names was introduced through the Internet Working Group Domain Requirements (RFC 920) authored by [[Jon Postel]] and .[[Joyce Reynolds]] in 1984. The original top level domain names include: [[.arpa]] (intended to be transitional for the [[ARPANET|ARPA-Internet]]), [[.com]] (commercial), [[.edu]] (education), [[.gov]] (government), [[.mil]] (military), and [[.org]] (organization) as well as two-letter (alpha-2) names identifying countries based on the ISO 3166-1 (ISO Standard for Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries.<ref>[http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc920.txt RFC 920]</ref> In 1985, when the TLDs were implemented [[.net]] was added and subsequently in 1988 the [[.int]] was added for international organizations.

The initial top level domain names was introduced through the Internet Working Group Domain Requirements (RFC 920) authored by [[Jon Postel]] and .[[Joyce Reynolds]] in 1984. The original top level domain names include: [[.arpa]] (intended to be transitional for the [[ARPANET|ARPA-Internet]]), [[.com]] (commercial), [[.edu]] (education), [[.gov]] (government), [[.mil]] (military), and [[.org]] (organization) as well as two-letter (alpha-2) names identifying countries based on the ISO 3166-1 (ISO Standard for Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries.<ref>[http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc920.txt RFC 920]</ref> In 1985, when the TLDs were implemented [[.net]] was added and subsequently in 1988 the [[.int]] was added for international organizations.