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.mil

sponsored top-level domain used by and belongs to an official United States Department of Defense organization
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Summary

.mil is a sponsored top-level domain[1]. .mil draws 1,227 Wikipedia views per month (sponsored_top_level_domain category, ranking #3 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • .mil's instance of is recorded as sponsored top-level domain[3].
  • .mil's maintained by is recorded as Defense Information Systems Agency[4].
  • .mil is operated by Defense Information Systems Agency[5].
  • January 1, 1985 marks the founding of .mil[6].
  • .mil's sponsor is recorded as United States Department of War[7].
  • .mil's represents is recorded as US military website[8].
  • .mil's described by source is recorded as RFC 1811: U.S. Government Internet Domain Names[9].
  • .mil's described by source is recorded as RFC 1816: U.S. Government Internet Domain Names[10].
  • .mil's described by source is recorded as RFC 2146: U.S. Government Internet Domain Names[11].
  • .mil's described by source is recorded as RFC 1956: Registration in the MIL Domain[12].

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Definition and Type

.mil's instance of is recorded as sponsored top-level domain[3].

Origins

January 1, 1985 marks the founding of .mil[6].

Why It Matters

.mil draws 1,227 Wikipedia views per month (sponsored_top_level_domain category, ranking #3 of 22).[2] .mil has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] .mil is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). .mil. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mil
MLA “.mil.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/mil.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mil_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{.mil}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mil}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-10}}
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  1. 21d ago · Stuartyeates · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → military-history:.mil
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fandom article id: military-history:.mil, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/323450022|.mil (#323450022)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8462|Military Wiki"
  2. 14w ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Operator → Defense Information Systems Agency
    Sponsor → United States Department of War
    Instance of → sponsored top-level domain
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ add badge sitelink to redirect to fiu_vrowiki sitelink; see [[Wikidata:Sitelinks to redirects]] for details #msynbotTask10"
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