00 — The Caret
The Caret
Every example begins as a blank page with nothing to prove.
01 — The Name
Example Domain
The whole brand is two English words that admit they are a stand-in.
02 — The Reservation
It isn’t empty by accident.
This domain is for use in documentation examples without needing permission. Avoid use in operations. RFC 2606 reserved it so that nobody could ever own it.
- 01
- RFC 2606 — Reserved Top Level DNS Names
- 02
- RFC 6761 — Special-Use Domain Names
- 03
- Status — Never delegated, never for sale
- 04
- Registry — Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
- 05
- Delegation — Permanently withheld
- 06
- Operations — Not for use in operations
03 — The Mirror
Every README, test suite, and tutorial has looked into this name and seen itself.
Multiply by one. Subtract everything else.
04 — The Family
Siblings whose only job is to be looked through, not at.
- .example
- .test
- .invalid
- .localhost
- .org
- .net
- .edu
05 — The Handoff
One door out.
This domain is for use in documentation examples without needing permission. Avoid use in operations.