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.gov

sponsored top-level Internet domain used by United States federal and state governments
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.gov

Summary

.gov is a sponsored top-level domain[1]. .gov has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • .gov is in the country of United States[3].
  • .gov's instance of is recorded as sponsored top-level domain[4].
  • .gov's maintained by is recorded as General Services Administration[5].
  • .gov is operated by Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency[6].
  • .gov is used for government website[7].
  • .gov's Commons category is recorded as .gov[8].
  • 1985 marks the founding of .gov[9].
  • .gov's official website is recorded as http://the-online.com[10].
  • .gov's official website is recorded as https://home.dotgov.gov/[11].
  • .gov's official website is recorded as https://get.gov[12].
  • .gov's sponsor is recorded as General Services Administration[13].
  • .gov's sponsor is recorded as Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency[14].
  • .gov's described by source is recorded as RFC 1811: U.S. Government Internet Domain Names[15].
  • .gov's described by source is recorded as RFC 1816: U.S. Government Internet Domain Names[16].
  • .gov's described by source is recorded as RFC 2146: U.S. Government Internet Domain Names[17].
  • .gov's replaces is recorded as .fed.us[18].
  • .gov's used by is recorded as Federal Government of the United States[19].
  • .gov's used by is recorded as state government of the United States[20].
  • .gov's used by is recorded as county government in the United States[21].
  • .gov's used by is recorded as municipal corporation in the United States[22].
  • .gov's used by is recorded as federally recognized Native American tribe in the United States[23].
  • .gov's used by is recorded as interstate compact[24].
  • .gov's used by is recorded as special-purpose district of the United States[25].
  • .gov's used by is recorded as school district in the United States[26].
  • .gov's different from is recorded as .go, .gc[27].

Body

Definition and Type

.gov's instance of is recorded as sponsored top-level domain[4].

Origins

1985 marks the founding of .gov[9].

Use and Application

.gov is used for government website[7]. Recorded used by include Federal Government of the United States[19], state government of the United States[20], county government in the United States[21], municipal corporation in the United States[22], federally recognized Native American tribe in the United States[23], and interstate compact[24].

Why It Matters

.gov has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] .gov is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

United States

References

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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] ↑ . 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.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1985-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Operator → Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
    Replaces → —
    Sponsor → General Services Administration, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ add badge [[Q70893996]] to fiu_vrowiki sitelink; see [[Wikidata:Sitelinks to redirects]] for details #msynbotTask10"
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