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This is a list of the oldest extant registered generic top-level domains used in the Domain Name System of the Internet.. Until late February 1986, Domain Registration was limited to organizations with access to ARPA.
The original company, the "Union Pacific Rail Road," incorporated on July 1, 1862 under the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862.President Abraham Lincoln had approved the act, which authorized railroad construction from the Missouri River to the Pacific to ensure the stability of the Union throughout the American Civil War, but construction did not complete until after that conflict's conclusion.