.io domain zone - what did I miss?

Question

Domain name market

I noticed that recently *.io domains (the national top-level domain for the British Indian Ocean Territories worth £72/year) are becoming more and more popular, especially in web-development topics and startups.
What did I miss? Why is it so? Has there been any association / decoding of the abbreviation IO?

Answer 1

input/output?
it's kind of the basis of all the basics)))

Answer 2

One of the homonymous domains :
.am is the national domain of the Republic of Armenia, consonant with the range of AM radio stations or like the AMerica zone.
.cd - national domain of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (otherwise - Zaire), coincides with the abbreviation for the CD.
.dj is the national domain of Djibouti, the same as the abbreviation "DJ".
.fm is the ccTLD for the Federated States of Micronesia, similar to the FM radio band. Example: last.fm
.im is the ccTLD for the Isle of Man. Coincides with the abbreviation of Instant Messaging ("instant messages").
.io is the ccTLD of the British Indian Ocean Territories. Coincides with the abbreviation Input Output ("input / output").
.is is the country code for Iceland. Coincides with is, the third person singular form of the English verb to be. Example: who.is
.it is the country code for Italy. Coincides with the abbreviation IT (information technology), as well as with the English pronoun it ("it"). Example: ok.undo.it
.md is the national domain of Moldova. Coincides with the MiniDisc audio carrier abbreviation and Must Die abbreviation. Also coincides with the abbreviation from English. medical doctor, used throughout English-speaking countries. For example, the famous American TV series House, M.D. is originally called House, MD.
.me is the national domain of Montenegro. Coincides with the pronoun "me", "me" in English and other European languages.
.net is a generic top-level domain that coincides with the Russian word “no”, which is why it has gained additional popularity in Russia (and not only). Often used with domain names in the form of transliterated Russian words. Examples: mozga.net, lishnih.net.
.nu ​​is the national domain of the island of Niue, consonant with the word nu.
.tm is the national domain of Turkmenistan, it coincides with the abbreviation "™" (English trade mark - trade mark).
.tv is the ccTLD for Tuvalu and is the same as the abbreviation for Television.
.ws is the ccTLD for Western Samoa and is the same as the abbreviation Web Site.
.in is the national domain of India, translated from English as the preposition "in".
.li is the ccTLD of Liechtenstein. Coincides with the end of verbs and nouns in Russian. Used with domain names in the form of transliterated Russian words. Examples: zadolba.li, zastuka.li, vaf.li, gus.li, yas.li.
.pro is a generic top-level domain for professionals in their field.

Answer 3

Because the name with “io” at the end is cool :)
Bukvario
Instagramio
Jabrio
Listexio ;)

Answer 4

IO can also be deciphered as "Internet organization" (internet organization)

Answer 5

I like all these answers a la "basic from the basics", answering self-invented heresy.
The .io domain zone is the top-level domain allocated to the British Indian Ocean Territories (wiki). There is a whole interesting story about him. In general, at one time this territory was transferred to the Americans, on which they built a military base, because of which many people suffered and were expelled from their land.
And the registration of this domain zone is a kind of tacit support for this people and paying attention to this situation.
Of course, many people use it as an IT topic, regarding io as input \ output, but this is tantamount to coming up with something like .com - it's a computer and thinking that everyone believes in it.
Do not mislead people of interest, if you do not know, it is better not to answer at all.

Answer 6

Erm... Doesn't it self-evidently follow from the explanation "ccTLD for the British Indian Ocean Territories" that .io is Indian Ocean? :)