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Well, this is just weird. When I was migrating from Reddit to this fediverse world I chose .ml and thought it was short for "machine learning" which seemed as a cool domain for me at the time.
FYI, two letter TLDs are country/region/jurisdiction specific. There's an ISO standard for that.
.tvTuvalu.meMontenegro.fm(Federation of) MicronesiaSome countries append additional modifiers to classify their uses:
.ukUnited Kingdom.co.ukCompanyThree or more are generic (traditional or new)
.com,.net,.org, ...In some cases, Uncle Sam said "first!" and it stuck.
.eduEducation (MURICA).milMilitary (MURRICA).govGovernment (MURRRICA)Just like what happens with Mali, what some silicon valley hipsters decide as a 'fun' acronym is just that, a fun thought. If the corresponding government decides to take away a specific domain, they probably can.
What about .world?
That's a generic top-level domain. It is not associated with any country. It belongs to "Identity Digital Inc.".
Interesting, thanks