.LA Domain General FAQ Laos FAQ - What is a domain name?
- A Domain Name is your address on the Internet. It is your unique identity on the Internet that corresponds to your numeric address "IP." Or in simple terms, a domain name is the part of your Internet address that comes after "www".
- What is .LA?
- The .LA extension, the official country code top-level-domain (ccTLD) of Laos (Laos People's Democratic Republic), was launched in the year 1996. The domain is operated by the LA Names Corporation under the authority of LANIC (Laos National Internet Committee Science Technology and Environment Agency).
Though it was created for the use of entities in Laos, it is now open for public registration and functions just like the .com or any other generic domain extension. At present, .LA is being used as the top-level-domain for the city of Los Angeles and as the state code of Louisiana in the United States. The .LA domain extension also enables companies and organizations of Latin America to establish a geographic branding with a unique and memorable domain name. Los Angeles, Louisiana, and Latin America are best known by the "LA" initials.
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