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
(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]
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