The following figure shows a part of the current domain name space, and is used in many examples in this RFC. Note that the tree is a very small subset of the actual name space.
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+---------------------+------------------+
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MIL EDU ARPA
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+-----+-----+ | +------+-----+-----+
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BRL NOSC DARPA | IN-ADDR SRI-NIC ACC
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+--------+------------------+---------------+--------+
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UCI MIT | UDEL YALE
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+---+---+ |
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LCS ACHILLES +--+-----+-----+--------+
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XX A C VAXA VENERA Mockapetris
In this example, the root domain has three immediate subdomains: MIL, EDU, and ARPA. The LCS.MIT.EDU domain has one immediate subdomain named XX.LCS.MIT.EDU. All of the leaves are also domains.