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What Was The First Domain Name To Be Registered?

by Anand on August 28th, 2009 Share on    

This is making a bit of news today because the first domain name to be ever registered has just changed its ownership.

The domain name is Symbolics.com
Registered on : 15 March 1985
Original registrant : Symbolics Inc, a computer manufacturing company that was spunoff from the MIT AI Lab
New owner : XF.com Investments

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