This Month’s code is NOMORESCHOOL. This is good for new registration, taking .88 cents off the normal price.

May 2009 code: FLORESCENCE

Discount Price: $8.81 domain name registration at Namecheap.com

Ever wondered what all the strange looking domain ends mean? While surfing the internet you may have seen .me, .tv, .mobi as well as your regular .com and .net and wondered what they mean.

Here is a list of the current extensions and their meanings. Lets start with the most common ones.

.com   top-level domain

.net   top-level domain

.org   top-level domain

.biz  Restricted for Business

.info  top-level domain

.us  United States

.edu    US Educational

.gov    US Government

Then we have the country codes (.us is a country code), most of them are fairly obvious, but some can be tricky.

.ac Ascension Island

.ad Andorra

.ae United Arab Emirates

.af Afghanistan

.ag Antigua and Barbuda

.ai Anguilla

.al Albania

.am Armenia

.an Netherlands Antilles

.ao Angola

.aq Antarctica

.ar Argentina

.as American Samoa

.at Austria

.au Australia

.aw  Aruba

.ax Aland Islands

.az Azerbaijan

.ba  Bosnia and Herzegovina
.bb  Barbados Government of Barbados
.bd  Bangladesh
.be  Belgium
.bf  Burkina Faso

.bg Bulgaria

.bh Bahrain

.bi Burundi

.bj    Benin
.bm    Bermuda
.bn    Brunei Darussalam
.bo    Bolivia
.br    Brazil
.bs    Bahamas
.bt    Bhutan
.bv    Bouvet Island
.bw    Botswana
.by    Belarus
.bz    Belize

.ca    Canada
.cc    Cocos (Keeling) Islands
.cf    Central African Republic
.cg    Congo
.ch    Switzerland
.ci    Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
.ck    Cook Islands
.cl    Chile
.cm    Cameroon
.cn    China
.co    Colombia
.cr    Costa Rica
.cs    Czechoslovakia (former)
.cu    Cuba
.cv    Cape Verde
.cx    Christmas Island
.cy    Cyprus
.cz    Czech Republic

.de    Germany
.dj    Djibouti
.dk    Denmark
.dm    Dominica
.do    Dominican Republic
.dz    Algeria (Dzayer)

.ec    Ecuador
.ee    Estonia
.eg    Egypt
.eh    Western Sahara
.er    Eritrea
.es    Spain
.et    Ethiopia

.eu European Union

.fi    Finland
.fj    Fiji
.fk    Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
.fm    Micronesia
.fo    Faroe Islands
.fr    France
.fx    France (Metropolitan)

.ga    Gabon
.gb    Great Britain (UK)
.gd    Grenada
.ge    Georgia
.gf    French Guiana
.gh    Ghana
.gi    Gibraltar
.gl    Greenland
.gm    Gambia
.gn    Guinea
.gp    Guadaloupe
.gq    Equatorial Guinea
.gr    Greece
.gs    South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
.gt    Guatemala
.gu    Guam
.gw    Guinea-Bissau
.gy    Guyana
.hk    Hong Kong
.hm    Heard and McDonald Islands
.hn    Honduras
.hr    Croatia (Hrvatska)
.ht    Haiti
.hu    Hungary

.id    Indonesia
.ie    Ireland
.il    Israel
.in    India
.io    British Indian Ocean Territory
.iq    Iraq
.ir    Iran
.is    Iceland
.it    Italy
.jm    Jamaica
.jo    Jordan
.jp    Japan
.ke    Kenya
.kg    Kyrgyzstan
.kh    Cambodia
.ki    Kiribati
.km    Comoros
.kn    Saint Kitts and Nevis
.kp    Korea (North)
.kr    Korea (South)
.ku    Kuwait
.ky    Cayman Islands
.kz    Kazakhstan
.la    Laos
.lb    Lebanon
.lc    Saint Lucia
.li    Liechtenstein
.lk    Sri Lanka
.lr    Liberia
.ls    Lesotho
.lt    Lithuania
.lu    Luxembourg
.lv    Latvia
.ly    Libya

.ma    Morocco
.mc    Monaco
.md    Moldova
.mg    Madagascar
.mh    Marshall Islands
.mil    US Military
.mk    Macedonia
.ml    Mali
.mm    Mynamar
.mn    Mongolia
.mo    Macau
.mp    Northern Mariana Islands
.mq    Martinique
.mr    Mauritania
.ms    Montserrat
.mt    Malta
.mu    Mauritius
.mv    Maldives
.mw    Malawi
.mx    Mexico
.my    Malaysia
.mz    Mozambique

.na    Namibia
.nc    New Caledonia
.ne    Niger
.net    US network
.nf    Norfolk Island
.ng    Nigeria
.ni    Nicaragua
.nl    Netherlands
.no    Norway
.np    Nepal
.nr    Nauru
.nt    Neutral Zone
.nu    Niue

.nz New Zealand

.om    Oman

,pa    Panama
.pe    Peru
.pf    French Polynesia
.pg    Papua New Guinea
.ph    Philippines
.pk    Pakistan
.pl    Poland
.pm    Saint Pierre and Miquelon
.pn    Pitcairn
.pr    Puerto Rico
.pt    Portugal
.pw    Palau
.py    Paraguay
.qa    Qatar
.re    Reunion
.ro    Romania
.ru    Russian Federation
.rw    Rwanda

.sa    Saudi Arabia
.sb    Solomon Islands
.sc    Seychelles
.sd    Sudan
.se    Sweden
.sg    Singapore
.sh    Saint Helena
.si    Slovenia
.sj    Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
.sk    Slovak Republic
.sl    Sierra Leone
.sm    San Marino
.sn    Senegal
.so    Somalia
.sr    Suriname
.st    Sao Tome and Principe
.su    USSR (former)
.sv    El Salvador
.sy    Syria
.sz    Swaziland
.tc    Turks and Caicos Islands
.td    Chad
.tf    French Southern Territories
.tg    Togo
.th    Thailand
.tj    Tajikistan
.tk    Tokelau
.tm    Turkmenistan
.tn    Tunisia
.to    Tonga
.tp    East Timor
.tr    Turkey
.tt    Trinidad and Tobago
.tv    Tuvalu
.tw    Taiwan
.tz    Tanzania
.ua    Ukraine
.ug    Uganda
.uk    United Kingdom
.um    US Minor Outlying Islands
.us    United States
.uy    Uruguay
.uz    Uzbekistan
.va    Vatican City State
.vc    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
.ve    Venezuela
.vg    Virgin Islands (British)
.vi    Virgin Islands (US)
.vn    Viet Nam
.vu    Vanuatu
.wf    Wallis and Futuna Islands
.ws    Samoa
.ye    Yemen
.yt    Mayotte
.yu    Yugoslavia
.za    South Africa
.zm    Zambia
.zr    Zaire
.zw    Zimbabwe

Here’s a chance to save a bit on new domain registrations.

February code is REDROSES

Save .88 on registrations.

Received this in my email today. So those wanting a .us domain, grab this special while you can.

Dynadot is having a US Inauguration Sale!

From now to February 28, 2009, we are selling US domains for $4.99 on the first year of registration! This offer only applies to new US domain name registrations. Renewals or transfers are at the regular price of $7.99.

Register your US domain today!

Name.com celebrates 12 Days of Domain Names – each day they are having a super special on domain purchases.

Day one was .com for 6.99

Day two was .de for 4.99

Day three is/was 6.99 for .org

Day 4 is pending as I write this and it will be 5.99 for *some* extension

Stay tuned for the next special and grab them while you can

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