.NET domain names are used by the carriers, ISPs and other communications oriented organizations. Like .com domain TLD , .Net domain TLD is also currently operated by VeriSign and this TLD is created in January 1985.

.NET domain TLD was initially intended for use by network oriented entities such as ISPs. At present, there are no formal restrictions on who can register a .net domain name . Therefore, while still popular with network operators, it is often treated as a second .com .

In addition to being an abbreviation for “network”, “net” is also a romanisation of the Russian word ??? (”no” or “not”, also commonly romanised as the more acoustically appropriate ” nyet “), and a domain name like “object.net” can be interpreted as “there is no object”. Some domains exploit this pun, for example mozga.net (brain absent) or putina.net (not Vladimir Putin ) and DamoW.net (there is no Damien Walsh ).