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.edu

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.edu

Summary

.edu is a sponsored top-level domain[1]. .edu has Wikipedia articles in 54 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • .edu's instance of is recorded as sponsored top-level domain[3].
  • .edu's operator is recorded as EDUCAUSE[4].
  • .edu's logo image is recorded as DotEDU domain logo.svg[5].
  • .edu's Commons category is recorded as .edu[6].
  • +1984-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of .edu[7].
  • .edu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0248r3[8].
  • .edu's official website is recorded as https://net.educause.edu/[9].
  • .edu's different from is recorded as .college[10].
  • .edu's different from is recorded as .university[11].
  • .edu's different from is recorded as .school[12].
  • .edu's different from is recorded as .education[13].
  • .edu's different from is recorded as .edu[14].
  • .edu's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as TLD_.edu[15].
  • .edu's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["TopLevelDomain", "EDU"][16].
  • .edu's IANA Root Zone Database ID is recorded as edu[17].
  • .edu's ICANNWiki page ID is recorded as .edu[18].

Why It Matters

.edu has Wikipedia articles in 54 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). .edu. Retrieved May 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/-edu-q216625
MLA “.edu.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/-edu-q216625.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_-edu-q216625_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{.edu}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/-edu-q216625}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): .edu — https://4ort.xyz/entity/-edu-q216625 (retrieved 2026-05-07)

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