.com
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.com is the most widely used generic top-level domain on the internet, primarily associated with commercial websites and global online businesses.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| .com canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9932335 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: .com Context triple: [VeriSign, Inc., managesTopLevelDomain, .com]
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A.
COM
COM is the commonly used abbreviation for the College of Communication, an academic unit focused on media, journalism, and related communication disciplines.
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B.
COM
COM is a post-nominal designation used in Canada to denote recipients of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces.
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C.
COM
COM (Component Object Model) is a Microsoft-developed software architecture that enables interprocess communication and reusable binary components across different programming languages and applications on Windows.
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D.
Pro.com
Pro.com is a home services and remodeling marketplace startup that connects homeowners with vetted contractors for renovation and repair projects.
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E.
Nom.com
Nom.com was a live video streaming and social platform focused on food and cooking, co-founded by YouTube co-founder Steve Chen.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: .com Target entity description: .com is the most widely used generic top-level domain on the internet, primarily associated with commercial websites and global online businesses.
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A.
COM
COM is the commonly used abbreviation for the College of Communication, an academic unit focused on media, journalism, and related communication disciplines.
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B.
COM
COM is a post-nominal designation used in Canada to denote recipients of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces.
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C.
COM
COM (Component Object Model) is a Microsoft-developed software architecture that enables interprocess communication and reusable binary components across different programming languages and applications on Windows.
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D.
Pro.com
Pro.com is a home services and remodeling marketplace startup that connects homeowners with vetted contractors for renovation and repair projects.
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E.
Nom.com
Nom.com was a live video streaming and social platform focused on food and cooking, co-founded by YouTube co-founder Steve Chen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
generic top-level domain
ⓘ
top-level domain ⓘ |
| administeredUnderPolicy |
ICANN policies
ⓘ
linked to:
ICANN community consensus policies
|
| associatedWith |
global presence
ⓘ
online commerce ⓘ professional web presence ⓘ |
| belongsToOriginalGTLDSet | .com .org .net .edu .gov .mil .int ⓘ |
| category | generic top-level domain ⓘ |
| creationYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| currentlyUsedFor |
commercial websites
ⓘ
general-purpose websites ⓘ global online businesses ⓘ |
| dnsSecSupported | true ⓘ |
| dnsSponsoringOrganization |
Verisign
ⓘ
linked to:
VeriSign
|
| governingBody | ICANN ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeScriptVariants | internationalized domain names under .com ⓘ |
| hasDomainNameStructure | second-level domains registered under .com ⓘ |
| hasHighMarketShareAmongGTLDs | true ⓘ |
| hasWhoisService | true ⓘ |
| introducedOn | 1985-01-01 ⓘ |
| isCommonFor |
business websites
ⓘ
e-commerce websites ⓘ global brands ⓘ personal websites ⓘ |
| isMostWidelyUsedGTLD | true ⓘ |
| isOftenUsedAs | default choice for domain registration ⓘ |
| isOneOfOriginalGTLDs | true ⓘ |
| isOpenTLD | true ⓘ |
| isPerceivedAs |
commercially oriented domain
ⓘ
default domain extension ⓘ |
| language | Latin script ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Verisign
ⓘ
linked to:
VeriSign
|
| meaning | commercial ⓘ |
| namingConvention | labels separated by dots ending with .com ⓘ |
| originallyIntendedFor |
commercial entities
ⓘ
commercial organizations ⓘ |
| partOf |
Domain Name System
ⓘ
Internet ⓘ
linked to:
the internet
|
| registrationRestrictions | none for general registrations ⓘ |
| registry |
Verisign
ⓘ
linked to:
VeriSign
|
| sponsoredBy |
Verisign
ⓘ
linked to:
VeriSign
|
| status | active ⓘ |
| supports |
IPv4
ⓘ
IPv6 ⓘ |
| supportsIDN | true ⓘ |
| technicalOperator |
Verisign
ⓘ
linked to:
VeriSign
|
| usedWorldwide | true ⓘ |
| zoneFileMaintainedBy |
Verisign
ⓘ
linked to:
VeriSign
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: .com Description of subject: .com is the most widely used generic top-level domain on the internet, primarily associated with commercial websites and global online businesses.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
NASDAQ:VRSN