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		danellis on April 1, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: elgooG There have been gTLDs forever. You might have heard of .com, for example. Since 2011, the registration process for gTLDs has been opened up.

tshaddox on April 1, 2015 | [–]

I had it in my head that those were called "core TLDs" and were separate from gTLDs, but Wikipedia agrees with you.

dragonwriter on April 1, 2015 | [–]

> Since 2011, the registration process for gTLDs has been opened up.

More accurately, during a few months in 2011 and 2012, a registration process for gTLDs was opened up.

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