The first 100 .com domains registered on the internet

Quick History lesson.

In 1969 the ARPANET was born. This was the predecesor to today’s internet. At the end of 1969 the ARPANET connected 4 computers. One at UCLA, one at Stanford, one at UC Santa Barbara, and one at the University of Utah.

The Internet grew from this initial network of 4 computers known as the ARPANET.

At first it wasn’t intended for mass consumption. We didn’t have domain names like Yahoo.com. However when the internet grew from 4 computers to 50,000 it became neccessary to come up with an easier way to address those computers.

Thats how the domain name was born. I recently stumbled upon the first 100 .com domain names ever registered! There were some pretty interesting names on this list.

You’ll recognize a lot of the big name corporations who were smart enough to jump on the bandwagon early were technology based. However you’ll also find a few interesting ones mixed in. One example is allied.com. I don’t know if it stood for something different back in 1987 or not? However it now belongs to Allied Van Lines, the moving company! Is it possible that Allied saw the value in registering a domain name back in 1987? Is it possible that they were the 84th domain name registered on the internet?

Or how about fmc.com. What do you think they do? How about chemical company that makes things like insecticides and polymers and all sorts of things that I don’t understand. But would you imagine they were the 18th domain on the internet? Before companies like Boeing, GE, GTE, 3com, Cisco, etc?

How about toad.com. Thats an unusual sounding domain right? You’d think all the original domains belonged to corporations. Well that isn’t true. Some of the original domains belong to geeks like me. Ok well I wasn’t on the net in 87, I didn’t get on until 1993. However toad.com was registered by John Gilmore who is one of the more intelligent technology gurus of our time. John is also a bit of a political activist especially in regards to big brother and protecting ones rights through cryptography.

Anyway there are some interesting domains on this list. Click through and check them out and let me know if you find some other cool stories like John Gilmore’s toad.com, FMC, or Allied.

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
11.	19-Mar-1986	SUN.COM
13.	25-Mar-1986	INTEL.COM
13.	25-Mar-1986	TI.COM
15.	25-Apr-1986	ATT.COM
16.	08-May-1986	GMR.COM
16.	08-May-1986	TEK.COM
18.	10-Jul-1986	FMC.COM
18.	10-Jul-1986	UB.COM
20.	05-Aug-1986	BELL-ATL.COM
20.	05-Aug-1986	GE.COM
20.	05-Aug-1986	GREBYN.COM
20.	05-Aug-1986	ISC.COM
20.	05-Aug-1986	NSC.COM
20.	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
30.	27-Oct-1986	BDM.COM
30.	27-Oct-1986	FLUKE.COM
30.	27-Oct-1986	INMET.COM
30.	27-Oct-1986	KESMAI.COM
30.	27-Oct-1986	MENTOR.COM
30.	27-Oct-1986	NEC.COM
30.	27-Oct-1986	RAY.COM
30.	27-Oct-1986	ROSEMOUNT.COM
30.	27-Oct-1986	VORTEX.COM
40.	05-Nov-1986	ALCOA.COM
40.	05-Nov-1986	GTE.COM
42.	17-Nov-1986	ADOBE.COM
42.	17-Nov-1986	AMD.COM
42.	17-Nov-1986	DAS.COM
42.	17-Nov-1986	DATA-IO.COM
42.	17-Nov-1986	OCTOPUS.COM
42.	17-Nov-1986	PORTAL.COM
42.	17-Nov-1986	TELTONE.COM
42.	11-Dec-1986	3COM.COM
50.	11-Dec-1986	AMDAHL.COM
50.	11-Dec-1986	CCUR.COM
50.	11-Dec-1986	CI.COM
50.	11-Dec-1986	CONVERGENT.COM
50.	11-Dec-1986	DG.COM
50.	11-Dec-1986	PEREGRINE.COM
50.	11-Dec-1986	QUAD.COM
50.	11-Dec-1986	SQ.COM
50.	11-Dec-1986	TANDY.COM
50.	11-Dec-1986	TTI.COM
50.	11-Dec-1986	UNISYS.COM
61.	19-Jan-1987	CGI.COM
61.	19-Jan-1987	CTS.COM
61.	19-Jan-1987	SPDCC.COM
64.	19-Feb-1987	APPLE.COM
65.	04-Mar-1987	NMA.COM
65.	04-Mar-1987	PRIME.COM
67.	04-Apr-1987	PHILIPS.COM
68.	23-Apr-1987	DATACUBE.COM
68.	23-Apr-1987	KAI.COM
68.	23-Apr-1987	TIC.COM
68.	23-Apr-1987	VINE.COM
72.	30-Apr-1987	NCR.COM
73.	14-May-1987	CISCO.COM
73.	14-May-1987	RDL.COM
75.	20-May-1987	SLB.COM
76.	27-May-1987	PARCPLACE.COM
76.	27-May-1987	UTC.COM
78.	26-Jun-1987	IDE.COM
79.	09-Jul-1987	TRW.COM
80.	13-Jul-1987	UNIPRESS.COM
81.	27-Jul-1987	DUPONT.COM
81.	27-Jul-1987	LOCKHEED.COM
83.	28-Jul-1987	ROSETTA.COM
84.	18-Aug-1987	TOAD.COM
85.	31-Aug-1987	QUICK.COM
86.	03-Sep-1987	ALLIED.COM
86.	03-Sep-1987	DSC.COM
86.	03-Sep-1987	SCO.COM
89.	22-Sep-1987	GENE.COM
89.	22-Sep-1987	KCCS.COM
89.	22-Sep-1987	SPECTRA.COM
89.	22-Sep-1987	WLK.COM
93.	30-Sep-1987	MENTAT.COM
94.	14-Oct-1987	WYSE.COM
95.	02-Nov-1987	CFG.COM
96.	09-Nov-1987	MARBLE.COM
97.	16-Nov-1987	CAYMAN.COM
97.	16-Nov-1987	ENTITY.COM
99.	24-Nov-1987	KSR.COM
100.	30-Nov-1987	NYNEXST.COM