List of the oldest currently registered Internet domain names

As of 2008, this is a list of the oldest extant registered generic top-level domains used in the Domain Name System of the Internet.

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.com

Main article: .com
Rank Date of registration Domain Registered to
1 March 15, 1985 symbolics.com Symbolics
2 April 24, 1985 bbn.com BBN Technologies
3 May 24, 1985 think.com Thinking Machines
4 July 11, 1985 mcc.com Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation
5 September 30, 1985 dec.com Digital Equipment Corporation
6 November 7, 1985 northrop.com Northrop Corporation
7 January 9, 1986 xerox.com Xerox
8 January 17, 1986 sri.com SRI International
9 March 3, 1986 hp.com Hewlett-Packard
10 March 5, 1986 bellcore.com Bell Communications Research
11 March 19, 1986 ibm.com International Business Machines
11 March 19, 1986 sun.com Sun Microsystems
13 March 25, 1986 intel.com Intel
13 March 25, 1986 ti.com Texas Instruments
15 April 25, 1986 att.com AT&T
16 May 8, 1986 gmr.com General Motors Research Laboratories
16 May 8, 1986 tek.com Tektronix
18 July 10, 1986 fmc.com FMC Corporation
18 July 10, 1986 ub.com Ungermann-Bass
20 August 5, 1986 bell-atl.com Bell Atlantic
20 August 5, 1986 ge.com General Electric
20 August 5, 1986 grebyn.com
20 August 5, 1986 isc.com INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
20 August 5, 1986 nsc.com National Semiconductor
20 August 5, 1986 stargate.com
26 September 2, 1986 boeing.com Boeing
27 September 18, 1986 itcorp.com Interrupt Technology Corporation
28 September 29, 1986 siemens.com Siemens AG
29 October 18, 1986 pyramid.com Pyramid Technology
30 October 27, 1986 alphadc.com Alpha Communications Development Corporation
30 October 27, 1986 bdm.com BDM Corporation
30 October 27, 1986 fluke.com Fluke Corporation
30 October 27, 1986 inmet.com Intermetrics
30 October 27, 1986 kesmai.com Kesmai
30 October 27, 1986 mentor.com Mentor Graphics
30 October 27, 1986 nec.com NEC Corporation
30 October 27, 1986 ray.com Raytheon
30 October 27, 1986 rosemount.com Rosemount Inc.
30 October 27, 1986 vortex.com Vortex Technology
40 November 5, 1986 alcoa.com Alcoa
40 November 5, 1986 gte.com General Telephone and Electronics
42 November 17, 1986 adobe.com Adobe Systems
42 November 17, 1986 amd.com Advanced Micro Devices
42 November 17, 1986 das.com DA Systems, Inc.
42 November 17, 1986 data-io.com Data I/O Corporation
42 November 17, 1986 octopus.com Octopus Enterprises
42 November 17, 1986 portal.com Portal Communications Company
42 November 17, 1986 teltone.com Teltone Corporation
49 December 11, 1986 3com.com 3Com Corporation
49 December 11, 1986 amdahl.com Amdahl Corporation
49 December 11, 1986 ccur.com Concurrent Computer Corporation
49 December 11, 1986 ci.com Cognition, Inc.
49 December 11, 1986 convergent.com Convergent Technologies
49 December 11, 1986 dg.com Data General
49 December 11, 1986 peregrine.com Peregrine Systems
49 December 11, 1986 quad.com Quadratron Systems Inc.
49 December 11, 1986 sq.com SoftQuad
49 December 11, 1986 tandy.com Tandy Corporation
49 December 11, 1986 tti.com Citicorp TTI
49 December 11, 1986 unisys.com Unisys
61 January 19, 1987 cgi.com Carnegie Group Inc.
61 January 19, 1987 cts.com Crash TimeSharing
61 January 19, 1987 spdcc.com S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting
64 February 19, 1987 apple.com Apple Computer
65 March 4, 1987 nma.com Network Management Associates
65 March 4, 1987 prime.com Prime Computer
67 April 4, 1987 philips.com Philips
68 April 23, 1987 datacube.com Datacube Inc.
68 April 23, 1987 kai.com Kuck and Associates, Inc.
68 April 23, 1987 tic.com Texas Internet Consulting
68 April 23, 1987 vine.com Vine Technology
72 April 30, 1987 ncr.com NCR Corporation
73 May 14, 1987 cisco.com Cisco Systems
73 May 14, 1987 rdl.com Research Development Laboratories
75 May 20, 1987 slb.com Schlumberger Limited
76 May 27, 1987 parcplace.com ParcPlace Systems, Inc.
76 May 27, 1987 utc.com United Technologies Corporation
78 June 26, 1987 ide.com Interactive Development Environments
79 July 9, 1987 trw.com TRW
80 July 13, 1987 unipress.com Unipress Software
81 July 27, 1987 dupont.com DuPont
81 July 27, 1987 lockheed.com Lockheed Corporation
83 July 28, 1987 rosetta.com
84 August 18, 1987 toad.com John Gilmore
85 August 31, 1987 quick.com Quicksilver Engineering
86 September 3, 1987 allied.com AlliedSignal
86 September 3, 1987 dsc.com Digital Sound Corporation
86 September 3, 1987 sco.com Santa Cruz Operation
89 September 22, 1987 gene.com Genentech
89 September 22, 1987 kccs.com KC Computer Sciences
89 September 22, 1987 spectra.com Spectragraphics Corporation
89 September 22, 1987 wlk.com W.L. Kennedy Jr. & Associates
93 September 30, 1987 mentat.com Mentat Inc.
94 October 14, 1987 wyse.com Wyse Technology
95 November 2, 1987 cfg.com Caine, Farber & Gordon, Inc.
96 November 9, 1987 marble.com
97 November 16, 1987 cayman.com Cayman Systems, Inc.
97 November 16, 1987 entity.com
99 November 24, 1987 ksr.com Kendall Square Research
100 November 30, 1987 nynexst.com NYNEX Science & Technology

.org

Main article: .org
Rank Date of registration Domain Registered to
1. 10-Jul-85 mitre.org Mitre Corporation
2. 25-Mar-86 src.org Semiconductor Research Corporation
3. 10-Jul-86 super.org Center for Computing Sciences
5. 07-Jan-87 aero.org The Aerospace Corporation
6. 15-Jan-87 mcnc.org Microelectronics Center of North Carolina
7. 02-Apr-87 rand.org RAND Corporation
8. 04-Apr-87 mn.org SkyPoint Communications
9. 01-May-87 rti.org RTI International
10. 14-Jul-87 usenix.org USENIX

.edu

Main article: .edu
Rank Date of registration Domain Registered to
1. 24-Apr-1985 berkeley.edu University of California, Berkeley
24-Apr-1985 cmu.edu Carnegie-Mellon University
24-Apr-1985 purdue.edu Purdue University
24-Apr-1985 rice.edu Rice University
24-Apr-1985 ucla.edu University of California, Los Angeles
6. 25-Apr-1985 rutgers.edu Rutgers University
7. 23-May-1985 mit.edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8. 27-Jun-1985 harvard.edu Harvard University
9. 05-Jul-1985 columbia.edu Columbia University
10. 15-Jul-1985 cornell.edu Cornell University
11. 18-Jul-1985 uiuc.edu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12. 24-Jul-1985 udel.edu University of Delaware
13. 31-Jul-1985 umd.edu University of Maryland, College Park
14. 13-Aug-1985 utexas.edu University of Texas at Austin
15. 20-Aug-1985 usc.edu University of Southern California
16. 30-Sep-1985 wisc.edu University of Wisconsin-Madison
30-Sep-1985 uci.edu University of California, Irvine
18. 04-Oct-1985 stanford.edu Stanford University
19. 07-Oct-1985 umich.edu University of Michigan
20. 09-Dec-1985 ucsd.edu University of California, San Diego
21. 23-Jan-1986 arizona.edu University of Arizona
22. 21-Feb-1986 ucsf.edu University of California, San Francisco
23. 03-Mar-1986 indiana.edu Indiana University (Bloomington)
24. 19-Mar-1986 ucdavis.edu University of California, Davis
19-Mar-1986 virginia.edu University of Virginia
26. 25-Mar-1986 ufl.edu University of Florida
25-Mar-1986 bu.edu Boston University
25-Mar-1986 rpi.edu Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
29. 08-May-1986 gatech.edu Georgia Institute of Technology
30. 02-Jun-1986 duke.edu Duke University
02-Jun-1986 upenn.edu University of Pennsylvania
32. 02-Jun-1986 emory.edu Emory University
33. 17-Jun-1986 unc.edu University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
34. 27-Aug-1986 brown.edu Brown University
27-Aug-1986 unm.edu University of New Mexico
02-Sep-1986 syr.edu Syracuse University
37. 04-Sep-1986 washington.edu University of Washington
38. 08-Oct-1986 nyu.edu New York University
39. 16-Dec-1986 utah.edu University of Utah
40. 19-Jan-1987 byu.edu Brigham Young University
19-Jan-1987 lsu.edu Louisiana State University
42. 21-Jan-1987 umn.edu University of Minnesota
43. 19-Feb-1987 clemson.edu Clemson University
44. 04-Mar-1987 mu.edu Marquette University
45. 17-Mar-1987 yale.edu Yale University
46. 03-Apr-1987 princeton.edu Princeton University
47. 14-Apr-1987 wsu.edu Washington State University
14-Apr-1987 uvm.edu University of Vermont
49. 16-Apr-1987 ncsu.edu North Carolina State University
50. 30-Apr-1987 ucop.edu University of California Office of the President

.net

Main article: .net
Rank Date of registration Domain Registered to
1. 01-Jan-85 nordu.net NORDUnet
2. 05-Nov-86 nsf.net NSFNET
3. 20-May-87 uu.net UUNET
4. 21-Jul-87 sesqui.net SesquiNet

.mil

Main article: .mil

.gov

Main article: .gov

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