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The Internet, in some form or another, has been around since the 1960s. But you couldn't register .com domain names until the mid-1980s. Ever wonder what the first registered domain on the Internet was? Believe it or not, it was www.symbolics.com. Symbolics, Inc. was a software development firm who obviously had someone on staff who kept their finger on the pulse of the events leading up to the birth of our modern Internet.

Here's a list of the first 15 registered .com domain names:





You can see the full list on tgdaily.com. Most of the companies aren't around anymore, but some big names like Apple, GE, Cisco and Adobe round out the top 100.

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