.bitnet
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Introduced | 1985 |
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TLD type | Pseudo-domain-style host suffix |
Status | Formerly used in addresses and site names |
Registry | None |
Sponsor | CREN |
Intended use | To designate an address or hostname connected via BITNET |
Actual use | Was widely used in late 1980s, but is no longer in use |
Registration restrictions | No registrations are possible, as this domain is not in the root |
Structure | Appended to right of BITNET hostnames |
Documents | ? |
Dispute policies | None |
Website | None |
.bitnet was a pseudo-domain-style suffix used in the late 1980s when identifying a hostname not connected directly to the Internet but possibly reachable through inter-network gateways. In this case, it indicated that the hostname preceding it was reachable via the BITNET network. This was one of several apparent "top-level domains" that were not actually in the Internet Domain Name System (DNS) root, but were sometimes used in addresses during the time when non-Internet networks remained in wide use.
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