Category: Technology Author : Steven Hodson Posted: December 12, 2008
Tags : domains
Ever wondered just how old some of the domain on the web are? No .. well too bad because here’s a list of them for you to peruse in case you happen to be really bored on a Friday night
Rank Create date Domain name
1. 15-Mar-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
2. 24-Apr-1985 BBN.COM
3. 24-May-1985 THINK.COM
4. 11-Jul-1985 MCC.COM
5. 30-Sep-1985 DEC.COM
6. 07-Nov-1985 NORTHROP.COM
7. 09-Jan-1986 XEROX.COM
8. 17-Jan-1986 SRI.COM
9. 03-Mar-1986 HP.COM
10. 05-Mar-1986 BELLCORE.COM
11. 19-Mar-1986 IBM.COM
12. 19-Mar-1986 SUN.COM
13. 25-Mar-1986 INTEL.COM
14. 25-Mar-1986 TI.COM
15. 25-Apr-1986 ATT.COM
16. 08-May-1986 GMR.COM
17. 08-May-1986 TEK.COM
18. 10-Jul-1986 FMC.COM
19. 10-Jul-1986 UB.COM
20. 05-Aug-1986 BELL-ATL.COM
21. 05-Aug-1986 GE.COM
22. 05-Aug-1986 GREBYN.COM
23. 05-Aug-1986 ISC.COM
24. 05-Aug-1986 NSC.COM
25. 05-Aug-1986 STARGATE.COM
26. 02-Sep-1986 BOEING.COM
27. 18-Sep-1986 ITCORP.COM
28. 29-Sep-1986 SIEMENS.COM
29. 18-Oct-1986 PYRAMID.COM
30. 27-Oct-1986 ALPHACDC.COM
31. 27-Oct-1986 BDM.COM
32. 27-Oct-1986 FLUKE.COM
33. 27-Oct-1986 INMET.COM
34. 27-Oct-1986 KESMAI.COM
35. 27-Oct-1986 MENTOR.COM
36. 27-Oct-1986 NEC.COM
37. 27-Oct-1986 RAY.COM
38. 27-Oct-1986 ROSEMOUNT.COM
39. 27-Oct-1986 VORTEX.COM
40. 05-Nov-1986 ALCOA.COM
41. 05-Nov-1986 GTE.COM
42. 17-Nov-1986 ADOBE.COM
43. 17-Nov-1986 AMD.COM
44. 17-Nov-1986 DAS.COM
45. 17-Nov-1986 DATA-IO.COM
46. 17-Nov-1986 OCTOPUS.COM
47. 17-Nov-1986 PORTAL.COM
48. 17-Nov-1986 TELTONE.COM
49. 11-Dec-1986 3COM.COM
50. 11-Dec-1986 AMDAHL.COM
Of course if you’ve read this far and you’re still bored there is the complete list of 100 of the oldest domains over here. Don’t say I don’t do anything to help alleviate your boredom.
Dec 12, 2008
While you've catalogued web-like domains going back to 1985, it should be noted that many companies and institutions had an Internet presence that pre-dated this.
For example, when I was on Usenet during my college days in the early 1980s, Usenet messages would be routed from location to location, and the paths were visible to all. For example, my October 1982 post on the “new” Wall of Voodoo album traveled along the path utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!hao!menlo70!sytek!zehntel!teklabs!reed (you can probably recognize some of the names), and UC Berkeley and Duke were also on the network.
Of course, the original network goes all the way back to the late 1960s (needless to say, it was very simple).
Dec 13, 2008
Wow! Those are some old domain names… now what I'd like to know is what those websites looked like in 1985…
Dec 13, 2008
You may use Alexa WayBack Machine to see those sites in their early days.
Rif Chia
Dec 13, 2008
Does it mean before March, 1985 we didn't have other domain names? Just asking to those who really are into this.
Dec 13, 2008
Um. The web didn't exist in 1985.
Feb 4, 2009
May be you would like to try archive.org – it's pretty much would show you who was what in early days