| Re: extracting the root domain from a URL [message #171699 is a reply to message #171698] |
Sun, 16 January 2011 14:21   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 1/16/2011 8:11 AM, Captain Paralytic wrote:
> On Jan 14, 11:59 pm, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn<PointedE...@web.de>
> wrote:
>> Captain Paralytic wrote:
>>> On Jan 13, 11:26 pm, Mike<mpea...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I thought .com, .asia, etc. was the "TLD". What would you call the
>>>> 'site.com' or 'site.co.uk' portion of the url? Regardless of the
>>>> name, can you suggest an effective and accurate way to extract it?
>>
>>> It is and it is also the root. It may not be the organisation root,
>>> but it is the domain root.
>>
>>> […]
>>> http://www.answers.com/topic/root-domain
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>> I suggest you re-read that (correct) answer you are referring to as it
>> proves you wrong.
>>
>> PointedEars
>
> Here we go again! No it doesn't. There are 2 definitions there and
> only the second one refers to the internet. That definition quite
> clearly states: "The starting point of the top level domain structure
> on the Internet. It is the root, or entry point, to
> the .com, .org, .net, etc. domains."
Paul, haven't you learned by now the PE can't read, but is NEVER wrong.
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