Editing Domain name (section)

==Fictitious domain name==
A ''fictitious domain name'' is a domain name used in a work of fiction or popular culture to refer to a domain that does not actually exist, often with invalid or unofficial [[top-level domain]]s such as "[[.web]]", a usage exactly analogous to the dummy [[555 (telephone number)|555 telephone number prefix]] used in film and other media. The canonical fictitious domain name is "[[example.com]]", specifically set aside by IANA in RFC 2606 for such use, along with the ''.example'' TLD.

Domain names used in works of fiction have often been registered in the DNS, either by their creators or by [[Cybersquatting|cybersquatters]] attempting to profit from it. This phenomenon prompted [[NBC]] to purchase the domain name [[Hornymanatee.com]] after talk-show host [[Conan O'Brien]] spoke the name while ad-libbing on [[Late Night with Conan O'Brien|his show]]. O'Brien subsequently created a website based on the concept and used it as a [[running gag]] on the show.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/12/arts/television/12mana.html So This Manatee Walks Into the Internet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123083348/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/12/arts/television/12mana.html |date=2017-01-23 }}", ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 12, 2006.  Retrieved April 12, 2008.</ref> Companies whose works have used fictitious domain names have also employed firms such as [[MarkMonitor]] to park fictional domain names in order to prevent misuse by third parties.<ref name="Allemann">{{Cite web |last=Allemann |first=Andrew |date=2019-11-05 |title=Part of MarkMonitor sold to OpSec Security |url=https://domainnamewire.com/2019/11/05/part-of-markmonitor-sold-to-opsec-security/ |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=Domain Name Wire {{!}} Domain Name News |language=en-US}}</ref>