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A number of domains such as example.com and example.org are maintained for documentation purposes. (Corroborated, claim 1) These domains may be used as illustrative examples in documents without prior coordination with us. (Corroborated, claim 2) They are not available for registration or transfer. (Unverified, claim 3)

We provide a web service on the example domain hosts to provide basic information on the purpose of the domain. (Unverified, claim 4) These web services are provided as best effort, but are not designed to support production applications. We strongly recommend you do not design applications that require the example domains to have operating HTTP service.

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  1. 1CorroboratedA number of domains such as example.com and example.org are maintained for documentation purposes.2 sources

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    At least one independent source states or directly implies this, or, where sources disagree, clearly more sites support it than contradict it.

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    • en.wikipedia.orgshowsfound by search
      The domains example.com, example.net, example.org and example.edu are intended for general use in any kind of documentation, such as technical and software documentation, manuals, and sample software configurations.
    • historyofdomainnames.comshowsfound by search
      The second-level domain label example for the top-level domains com, net, and org, was reserved in 1999 by the Internet Engineering Task Force in RFC 2606, Section 3, while it was reserved for the edu domain by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) since 2000.
    • developers.cloudflare.comcontextfound by search
      IANA also maintains more example domains in their domain names documentation ↗︎.
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    1. unverified · initial · system
    2. unverified → corroborated · l3_supports · system
  2. 2CorroboratedThese domains may be used as illustrative examples in documents without prior coordination with us.1 source

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    At least one independent source states or directly implies this, or, where sources disagree, clearly more sites support it than contradict it.

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    • example.recontextfound by search
      This domain is established to be purely used for illustrative examples. You may use this domain in examples without prior coordination or asking for permission.
    • en.wikipedia.orgshowsfound by search
      The domains may be used in documentation without prior consultation with IANA or ICANN.
    • www.example.comcontextfound by search
      This domain is for use in documentation examples without needing permission.
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    1. unverified · initial · system
    2. unverified → corroborated · l3_supports · system
  3. 3UnverifiedThey are not available for registration or transfer.0 sources

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    No independent source we read confirms or contradicts this sentence yet. That is not a finding that it is wrong.

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    1. unverified · initial · system
  4. 4UnverifiedWe provide a web service on the example domain hosts to provide basic information on the purpose of the domain.0 sources

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    No independent source we read confirms or contradicts this sentence yet. That is not a finding that it is wrong.

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    • kb.realtimeregister.comcontextfound by search
      🔧 Provide registration information manually to request domain creates or transfers.
    • developers.cloudflare.comcontextfound by search
      IANA also maintains more example domains in their domain names documentation ↗︎.
    • en.wikipedia.orgcontextfound by search
      The domain names example.com, example.net, example.org, and example.edu are second-level domain names in the Domain Name System of the Internet.
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    1. unverified · initial · system

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