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             Reserved 
              Domain Names 
          






       
       
      
       
      In the .com, .net, 
        and .org top-level domains (TLDs), various domain names are reserved. 
        These names are reserved from initial registration, but to the extent 
        they are already registered the existing registrant may renew them. The 
        reserved labels are in three groups, as described below:


      **A. Labels 
        Reserved at All Levels.** Within .com, .net, and .org, the following 
        labels are reserved at the second level:



>  
>         ICANN-related names:
>         
>           aso  
>           dnso  
>           icann  
>           internic  
>           pso  
>         
>         IANA-related names:
>         
>           afrinic  
>           apnic  
>           arin  
>           example  
>           gtld-servers  
>           iab  
>           iana  
>           iana-servers  
>           iesg  
>           ietf  
>           irtf  
>           istf  
>           lacnic  
>           latnic  
>           rfc-editor  
>           ripe  
>           root-servers  
>         
>         Other names:
>         
>           All single-character labels 
>           
>           All two-character labels 
>           
>           arpa  
>           biz  
>           com  
>           coop  
>           edu  
>           gov  
>           info  
>           int  
>           mil  
>           museum  
>           name  
>           net  
>           org  
>           pro  
>         
>

      The reservation of the above 
        names is implemented by showing the names in the above group that are 
        not registered to an existing registrant as sponsored under the registrar 
        name "Reserved-Internet Assigned Numbers Authority".


      **B. Tagged 
        Domain Names.** All labels with hyphens in the third and fourth character 
        positions (e.g., "bq--1k2n4h4b"). Initial registrations of tagged 
        domain names beginning with "bq--" are made to support Internationalized 
        Domain Names (IDNs).


      **C. Second-Level 
        Reservations for Registry Operations.** The following second-level names 
        for use in connection with the operation of the registry:


      
        nic  
        whois 
        www 


      
         
        
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         Page Updated 
          08-Jan-2002


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