From 1985 to 2005....

[scorpio]

Jan 1 2005.. 20 years from the first domain nordu.net...

nordu.net was used for the first ever ROOT server (nic.nordu.net). It was techinically the first ever domain name, as it was created by the registry (for use by the registry) on DAY 1, before domains were allowed to be officially registered.

The first 10 domain names registered were as follows

SYMBOLICS.COM 15 Mar 85 (holds distinction for being first ever registered name)

http://www.namefaqs.com/question/qstId/25.html

Its been a long way to whats its now..

Lets celebrate this event..

 

[smub]

nice find .. Congrats to those domain owners

 

[mmkrulz]

I saw this somewhere else too, hp.com is another old one as well, as i saw somewhere, since 1986 if i remember right.

 

[JEsports]

Hard to believe the first domain ever was a .NET huh? interesting fact scorpio ... thanks for sharing

 

[mmkrulz]

Hard to believe the first domain ever was a .NET huh? interesting fact scorpio ... thanks for sharing

i never knew that till today. interesting...

 

[stuff]

I thought that 1. 15-Mar-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
was the first one?

 

[scorpio]

It was not my find.. Someone noticed it on somewhere in a discussion thread...

Yes SYMBOLICS.COM Was the first commercial domain registered.. as in nordu.net was only a test domain..But than it was the first one..

 

[jojoyohan]

Damn. I wasn't even born yet. The link isn't working for me btw,

 

[scorpio]

The links working fine for me..

 

[Crazysah]

Damn. I wasn't even born yet. The link isn't working for me btw,

Same here.. I also wasn't born. Link is working for me..

 

[Mr. Deleted]

The first 100 .com domain names:

03/15/1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
04/24/1985 BBN.COM
05/24/1985 THINK.COM
07/11/1985 MCC.COM
09/30/1985 DEC.COM
11/07/1985 NORTHROP.COM
01/09/1986 XEROX.COM
01/17/1986 SRI.COM
03/03/1986 HP.COM
03/05/1986 BELLCORE.COM
03/19/1986 IBM.COM
03/19/1986 SUN.COM
03/25/1986 INTEL.COM
03/25/1986 TI.COM
04/25/1986 ATT.COM
05/08/1986 GMR.COM
05/08/1986 TEK.COM
07/10/1986 FMC.COM
07/10/1986 UB.COM
08/05/1986 BELL-ATL.COM
08/05/1986 GE.COM
08/05/1986 GREBYN.COM
08/05/1986 ISC.COM
08/05/1986 NSC.COM
08/05/1986 STARGATE.COM
09/02/1986 BOEING.COM
09/18/1986 ITCORP.COM
09/29/1986 SIEMENS.COM
10/18/1986 PYRAMID.COM
10/27/1986 ALPHACDC.COM
10/27/1986 BDM.COM
10/27/1986 FLUKE.COM
10/27/1986 INMET.COM
10/27/1986 KESMAI.COM
10/27/1986 MENTOR.COM
10/27/1986 NEC.COM
10/27/1986 RAY.COM
10/27/1986 ROSEMOUNT.COM
10/27/1986 VORTEX.COM
11/05/1986 ALCOA.COM
11/05/1986 GTE.COM
11/17/1986 ADOBE.COM
11/17/1986 AMD.COM
11/17/1986 DAS.COM
11/17/1986 DATA-IO.COM
11/17/1986 OCTOPUS.COM
11/17/1986 PORTAL.COM
11/17/1986 TELTONE.COM
12/11/1986 3COM.COM
12/11/1986 AMDAHL.COM
12/11/1986 CCUR.COM
12/11/1986 CI.COM
12/11/1986 CONVERGENT.COM
12/11/1986 DG.COM
12/11/1986 PEREGRINE.COM
12/11/1986 QUAD.COM
12/11/1986 SQ.COM
12/11/1986 TANDY.COM
12/11/1986 TTI.COM
12/11/1986 UNISYS.COM
01/19/1987 CGI.COM
01/19/1987 CTS.COM
01/19/1987 SPDCC.COM
02/19/1987 APPLE.COM
03/04/1987 NMA.COM
03/04/1987 PRIME.COM
04/04/1987 PHILIPS.COM
04/23/1987 DATACUBE.COM
04/23/1987 KAI.COM
04/23/1987 TIC.COM
04/23/1987 VINE.COM
04/30/1987 NCR.COM
05/14/1987 CISCO.COM
05/14/1987 RDL.COM
05/20/1987 SLB.COM
05/27/1987 PARCPLACE.COM
05/27/1987 UTC.COM
06/26/1987 IDE.COM
07/09/1987 TRW.COM
07/13/1987 UNIPRESS.COM
07/27/1987 DUPONT.COM
07/27/1987 LOCKHEED.COM
07/28/1987 ROSETTA.COM
08/18/1987 TOAD.COM
08/31/1987 QUICK.COM
09/03/1987 ALLIED.COM
09/03/1987 DSC.COM
09/03/1987 SCO.COM
09/22/1987 GENE.COM
09/22/1987 KCCS.COM
09/22/1987 SPECTRA.COM
09/22/1987 WLK.COM
09/30/1987 MENTAT.COM
10/14/1987 WYSE.COM
11/02/1987 CFG.COM
11/09/1987 MARBLE.COM
11/16/1987 CAYMAN.COM
11/16/1987 ENTITY.COM
11/24/1987 KSR.COM
11/30/1987 NYNEXST.COM

As an interesting sidenote, it took 16 months for the first 100 domain names to be registered, and 32 months for the first 100 .com domains. They were free (meaning no cost) until 1995.

Wow if only I was old enough and not Amish I could have had one of these or a 1 letter.com or somthing...

 

[mole]

At the time, the Internet was run by geeks who only knew how to label extensions after DOS files like exe.com and cryptic networks.

It's a whole new ballgame today post 2000, extensions finally have true real world meaning - .INFO for information and .BIZ for business.

The World Wide Web only starting kicking into mainstream sometime 1995, and it was an expensive (connection costs) and painful experience with those 14k modems, content really sucked big time.

You also had to specify DNS servers to apply for a name.

 

[scorpio]

.co.in still needs one to specify DNS servers to apply for a name.. and there would be a lot more countries still doing the same..

 

[NameRegistration]

I wish I could go back then and register some domains… :-D

 

[mole]

.co.in still needs one to specify DNS servers to apply for a name.. and there would be a lot more countries still doing the same..

Yes, but at the time, who the hell knew what Domain Name Servers were? Now if you need a DNS, you just go to eNom and buy DNS hosting for $4 then use that anywhere.

 

[tbt]

Wow, I never knew domains were around that long ago.

 

[Kevin]

'85 to '95 many things were still developing. Much slower computers, modems, etc, and most people knew little about the Internet.

And many really great dot coms were still available in the early- and mid-90s!

'95 to '05 has seen unbelievable growth!

 

[Vivvy]

Damn. I wasn't even born yet. The link isn't working for me btw,

What's really interesting about that is there is a whole generation now who have grown up in a world where there was always an internet for them.

I remember learning how to type on a manual typewriter 15 years before the first domain name was even a reality, and feeling like i was really ahead of the curve and would really be able to get a great summer job with the skill earning $2.50 an hour. My youngest son, born in 1985, got a summer job doing data entry and some tech support work for $12 an hour last summer.

Sorry.. I guess i'm a little off topic... but for most of you this is what you've always known, for some of us old farts it's an amazing thing to look at the last 20 years and see how far it has all come...

Vivvy