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Typical domain names follow the structure of "example.com", where "example" is the SLD and "com" is the TLD ( Top Level Domain ). A domain hack could be "examp.le", where "examp" is the SLD and "le" is the TLD (however this is an impossible example as "le" is not an existing TLD). A domain hack can be composed of more than just a domain name, and also make use of the server's file structure. Various structures such as "examp.le", "exam.ple", "ex.am.ple", "ex.am/ple", are all possible structures used to create domain hacks. The most popular and most sought after domain hacks are those that use only the SLD and TLD ( and CcTLDs that exist all around the world. Some TLDs only permit registrations at the third or higher level, beneath names that represent some grouping of sites; however, in some cases, these names spell words themselves, such as co.in (coin) and '''co.il''' (coil). NAMING CONVENTION The " Hack " part of domain hack is meant in the Computer Programming sense, not the Computer Security sense. In other words, a domain hack is a hack of the Domain Name System in the sense that it makes it do something it was not intended to do. It is not a hack in the sense of an illegal security system hack. SHORTER DOMAIN NAMES Domain hacks offer the ability to produce extremely short domain names. A popular real world example is Blo.gs with five letters total, versus the comparable blogs.com with eight letters. HISTORY On Monday, November 23 1992 , inter.net was registered and is thought to be the first domain hack ever. Goatse.cx was another early domain hack. On Friday, May 3 2002 , icio.us was registered and eventually became Del.icio.us , the most visited domain hack, with the appending of the "del" third level domain. Yahoo! acquired Blo.gs on June 14 , 2005 , and del.icio.us on December 9 , 2005 . By the end of 2005 , the registration of Spanish second level .es Domains became widely unrestricted. Due to the frequency of English words ending in ''-es'', the .es CcTLD is likely to become very popular in the creation of domain hacks. During the month of January 2006 , Belgian domain names ending in .be were available for free for users in the USA , UK , and Europe ; due to the common use of the word "be" in English, and the number of words ending in "be" (such as "tube"), this was a prime opportunity to easily register domain hacks. SEE ALSO
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