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.com to .org and .ad to .zw explained

The last word (sometimes words) after the last period (.) of an Internet domain name generally represents either the type of the organization or the geographical location of that particular domain.

For example, microsoft.com (note .com at the end) means that microsoft.com is a domain name of a commercial entity.

Top Level Domains

    Example: school_name.EDU = Domain name of an educational institute

ARPA Old style Arpanet
COM  Commercial
EDU  Educational
GOV  Government
INT  International field
MIL  US Military
NATO Nato field
NET  Network
ORG  Non-Profit Organization

Country Codes

    Example: my_domain.CA = Canadian domain name

AD Andorra
AE United Arab Emirates 
AF Afghanistan
AG Antigua and Barbuda 
AI Anguilla
AL Albania 
AM Armenia 
AN Netherland Antilles
AO Angola
AQ Antarctica 
AR Argentina 
AS American Samoa
AT Austria 
AU Australia 
AW Aruba
AZ Azerbaidjan 
BA Bosnia-Herzegovina 
BB Barbados 
BD Bangladesh
BE Belgium 
BF Burkina Faso 
BG Bulgaria 
BH Bahrain 
BI Burundi
BJ Benin
BM Bermuda 
BN Brunei Darussalam
BO Bolivia 
BR Brazil 
BS Bahamas 
BT Buthan
BV Bouvet Island
BW Botswana 
BY Belarus 
BZ Belize 
CA Canada 
CC Cocos (Keeling) Isl.
CF Central African Rep.
CG Congo
CH Switzerland 
CI Ivory Coast
CK Cook Islands
CL Chile 
CM Cameroon 
CN China
CO Colombia 
CR Costa Rica 
CS Czechoslovakia 
CU Cuba 
CV Cape Verde
CX Christmas Island
CY Cyprus 
CZ Czech Republic 
DE Germany 
DJ Djibouti
DK Denmark 
DM Dominica 
DO Dominican Republic 
DZ Algeria 
EC Ecuador 
EE Estonia 
EG Egypt
EH Western Sahara
ES Spain 
ET Ethiopia
FI Finland 
FJ Fiji 
FK Falkland Isl.(Malvinas)
FM Micronesia
FO Faroe Islands 
FR France 
FX France (European Ter.) 
GA Gabon
GB Great Britain (UK) 
GD Grenada 
GE Georgia 
GH Ghana
GI Gibraltar
GL Greenland
GP Guadeloupe (Fr.)
GQ Equatorial Guinea
GF Guyana (Fr.)
GM Gambia
GN Guinea
GR Greece 
GT Guatemala 
GU Guam (US)
GW Guinea Bissau
GY Guyana
HK Hong Kong 
HM Heard & McDonald Is
HN Honduras 
HR Croatia 
HT Haiti
HU Hungary 
ID Indonesia 
IE Ireland 
IL Israel 
IN India 
IO British Indian O. Terr.
IQ Iraq
IR Iran 
IS Iceland 
IT Italy 
JM Jamaica 
JO Jordan
JP Japan 
KE Kenya 
KG Kirgistan 
KH Cambodia
KI Kiribati
KM Comoros
KN St.Kitts Nevis Anguilla
KP Korea (North) 
KR Korea (South) 
KW Kuwait 
KY Cayman Islands
KZ Kazachstan 
LA Laos
LB Lebanon 
LC Saint Lucia 
LI Liechtenstein
LK Sri Lanka 
LR Liberia
LS Lesotho 
LT Lithuania
LU Luxembourg 
LV Latvia 
LY Libya
MA Morocco 
MC Monaco
MD Moldavia 
MG Madagascar
MH Marshall Islands
ML Mali
MM Myanmar
MN Mongolia
MO Macau 
MP Northern Mariana Isl.
MQ Martinique (Fr.)
MR Mauritania
MS Montserrat
MT Malta 
MU Mauritius
MV Maldives
MW Malawi
MX Mexico 
MY Malaysia 
MZ Mozambique 
NA Namibia 
NC New Caledonia (Fr.)
NE Niger 
NF Norfolk Island
NG Nigeria
NI Nicaragua 
NL Netherlands 
NO Norway 
NP Nepal
NR Nauru
NT Neutral Zone
NU Niue
NZ New Zealand 
OM Oman
PA Panama 
PE Peru 
PF Polynesia (Fr.)
PG Papua New Guinea 
PH Philippines 
PK Pakistan 
PL Poland 
PM St. Pierre & Miquel
PN Pitcairn
PT Portugal 
PR Puerto Rico (US) 
PW Palau
PY Paraguay 
QA Qatar
RE Reunion (Fr.) 
RO Romania 
RU Russian Federation 
RW Rwanda
SA Saudi Arabia 
SB Solomon Islands
SC Seychelles
SD Sudan
SE Sweden 
SG Singapore 
SH St. Helena
SI Slovenia 
SJ Svalbard & Jan Maye
SK Slovak Republic 
SL Sierra Leone
SM San Marino
SN Senegal 
SO Somalia
SR Suriname 
ST St. Tome and Principe
SU Soviet Union 
SV El Salvador
SY Syria
SZ Swaziland
TC Turks & Caicos Isla
TD Chad
TF French Southern Terr.
TG Togo
TH Thailand 
TJ Tadjikistan 
TK Tokelau
TM Turkmenistan 
TN Tunisia 
TO Tonga
TP East Timor
TR Turkey 
TT Trinidad & Tobago 
TV Tuvalu
TW Taiwan 
TZ Tanzania
UA Ukraine 
UG Uganda
UK United Kingdom 
UM US Minor outlying Isl.
US United States 
UY Uruguay 
UZ Uzbekistan 
VA Vatican City State
VC St.Vincent & Grenad
VE Venezuela 
VG Virgin Islands (British
VI Virgin Islands (US) 
VN Vietnam 
VU Vanuatu
WF Wallis & Futuna Isl
WS Samoa
YE Yemen
YU Yugoslavia 
ZA South Africa 
ZM Zambia
ZR Zaire
ZW Zimbabwe