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I've always thought reversing the order makes sense.

• jiehong 6y ago
  Yep, that’s called the FQDN (with a leading dot, so it’s .com.example)
  • kstrauser 6y ago
    An FQDN doesn't imply it's reversed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_qualified_domain_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_qualified_domain_name I've never seen an FQDN written that way. It may be possible, but it definitely isn't common.
    • midasuni 6y ago
      Java’s package names tend to follow the com.domain.subdomain.etc pattern Not seen them elsewhere.
      • dijit 6y ago
        You'll find that on apple computers too. .com.apple.<something>.plist
  • maxboone 6y ago
    It is the FQDN, but the .com.example notation specifically is generally called big-endian notation (it puts the most significant part first), the UK used to use this with JANET's NRS opposed to DNS. We notate IP-addresses like that as well: - (MSB) fe80::1 (LSB) - (MSB) 10.0.0.1 (LSB) However, while the TLD is the most significant tree-wise, it is probably not the most significant to the end-user, who is going to "news (in) ycombinator (in) com" instead of "com's ycombinator's news".