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Definition of gov. in English English dictionary: {i} ruling of a country or area; political control; group of people that rule a country or area; rule, authority; {i} one who governs; executive head of a state (USA); governor; Gov. is a written abbreviation for Governor. Gov. Thomas Kean of New Jersey. For Internet addresses of the United States government,.gov is the top-level domain only for federal agencies, except for the military, which uses.mil. State government agencies use the particular state's two-letter postal abbreviation, lowercased, followed by.us (for example,.mi.us for Michigan). governor; The top-level domain created for agencies and branches of the United States Federal Government The General Services Administration (GSA) handles the registration of gov domain names; A suffix indicating a government domain; Government (or GVT); (pronounced GUV) : A domain name suffix denoting government In Internet addresses, gov denotes non-military government sites; The top level domain designated for agencies and branches of the United States Federal Government State and local governments in the United States should use the us top level country code domain Prior to October 1, 1997, registration in gov was handled by Network Solutions; the General Services Administration (GSA) began handling registration in the top level domain gov starting October 1, 1997 [see also: Top Level Domain]; Indicates a governmental website on the Web Example: http: //www irs gov; When these letters appear at the last part of an address (in cu nih gov, for example), it indicates that the host computer is run by some part of a government body, probably the U S federal government, rather than by a company or university; gov is a global TLD (Top Level Domain) that is reserved for use by the United States government for non-military Web sites; Government; An Internet address suffix that identifies a governmental organization For example: whitehouse gov; Government agencies; {i} domain name for branches and agencies of the United States Government (Internet); Government Organizations; U S government civilian sites; US federal government; US government agency; A domain name suffix used in Internet addresses that denotes a non-military government institution; (US government); "gov" is one of the top-level domain names which identifies the entity represented by the domain name as a US governmental agency; Referring to Internet addresses, a suffix that indicates an address at a branch of the U S government For example, president@whitehouse gov Sometimes, the collection of all possible addresses of this type is referred to as the gov domain or gov hierarchy For historical reasons, addressing by organizational type is only standard in the United States In other countries, the standard suffix is a country code, even for government users; a Domain suffix meaning Government; When these three letters appear on the end of an address or web site (like www house gov), it indicates that the host computer is run by a governmental agency, usually the US federal government; Pronounced "dot-gov" One of the top-level Internet domain names given to government institutions For example, the U S White House web page is housed at the Internet host site www us gov; (pronounced GUV) - A domain name suffix denoting government In Internet addresses, gov denotes non-military government sites