26 yrs ago today, the “dot com boom” began. The first-ever domain name (Symbolics.com) was registered. Symbolics.com, was the first (and, since it is still registered, the oldest) registered .com domain of the Internet. The symbolics.com domain was purchased by XF.com in 2009.
The first 10 registered domains:
- SYMBOLICS.COM – 3/15/1985
- BBN.COM – 4/24/85
- THINK.COM – 5/24/85
- MCC.COM – 7/11/85
- DEC.COM – 9/30/85
- NORTHROP.COM – 11/7/85
- XEROX.COM – 1/9/86
- SRI.COM – 1/17/86
- HP.COM – 3/3/86
- BELLCORE.COM – 3/5/86
Full 100 here.
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