Meanwhile an NIC Network Information Center, also known as the Domain Name Registry is the body responsible for the management and registration of all regional domain extensions in a country. In total there are now more than ccTLDs, all of which can be found in the top-level domain list below. Furthermore, ccTLDs always include two letters of the Latin alphabet. An example of a country with several variations of the same ccTLD is Sri Lanka; as well as the country code,. Generic top-level domains provide the counterpart to ccTLDs.
However, some ccTLDs are repurposed and, like gTLDs, can be used to indicate particular types of websites or the genre of content or products. Wordplay with certain country codes is also quite common. Examples of this include:. Over 30 million websites use this ccTLD, even though the island state of Tokelau, which officially presides over this domain extension, has less than 2 million inhabitants.
The mass registration of. Even now, website owners with a. The following domain extensions list includes every country domain in existence. Websites can use DNSSEC internet standards in order to protect the domain name system from manipulation, which includes, for example, phishing websites, which can request sensitive data using fake webpages. The column on the right indicates whether a web address registered under the respective ccTLD can also be allocated an internationalized domain name IDN.
As mentioned above, these internationalized domain names can use characters from the Latin alphabet, including those with accents, in addition to characters from other alphabets. These characters are located in the second-level domain i. Top-level domains that have an IDN can be accessed using both Latin characters as well as characters from their respective alphabet.
Netherlands Antilles now deleted — with the political dissolution of this region as an overseas territory, the ccTLD was closed down in Yugoslavia now deleted — after the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia the TLD was used by Serbia and Montenegro until Zaire now deleted — since the country was renamed in , the ccTLD. Com domains can be used for anything from personal biographies, like this one from Howard Ahmanson Jr.
NET: The. This generic top-level domain was initially intended to be used by companies working within the networking industry and Internet Service Providers ISPs. COM, however, any restrictions on the use of. ORG was originally intended to be used by charities and non-profit entities.
However, there are no restrictions regarding who can register this generic TLD today. While it is technically open to every type of business,. ORG is still used almost exclusively by non-profits. It is the third most popular gTLD with a market share of 5.
INFO: Although not as high-tier as. NET or. INFO is still one of the most popular generic top-level domains available for purchase. First introduced back in ,. Given its implication, however, this generic TLD is more prevalent among informative and research-based websites.
Top-level domains like. PRO and. For example, only businesses can register. BIZ and only individuals can register. NAME, while. PRO is restricted to credentialed professionals and related entities. Local presence required; Netherland Antilles were dissolved on October 10, ;. AQ domain names are available to government organisations who are signatories to the Antarctic Treaty and to other registrants who have a physical presence in Antarctica.
American Samoa. ABN required. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Burkina Faso. Brunei Darussalam. Registration is done under several categories i. Bouvet Island. Not in use Norwegian dependency; see. Cocos Keeling Islands. Australian territory: do not confuse with Cocos islands in Guam. Also used as a free domain service to the public as co.
Democratic Republic of the Congo. Central African Republic. Republic of the Congo. Cook Islands. Registration allowed worldwide. Costa Rica. Cape Verde. Christmas Island. Czech Republic. East Germany.
Dominican Republic. Western Sahara. European Union. Restricted to institutions under the. Falkland Islands. Federated States of Micronesia. Faroe Islands. United Kingdom. Seldom used; the primary ccTLD used is. French Guiana. The Gambia. Equatorial Guinea. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Hong Kong. Heard Island and McDonald Islands. Ireland Northern Ireland.
Only available for Ireland -registered brands and companies. Foreign companies can register if doing business in Ireland or provide TM. Isle of Man. Under INRegistry since April except: gov. British Indian Ocean Territory. Restricted to companies and individuals in the European Union.
Saint Kitts and Nevis. Republic of Korea. Cayman Islands. Currently being marketed as the unofficial domain for Los Angeles. Restricted to registration with a company in Lebanon. Saint Lucia. Sri Lanka. Marshall Islands. Republic of Macedonia. Some second-level domains are reserved for special use. Northern Mariana Islands. Restricted to registration by a company in Malaysia.
New Caledonia. Norfolk Island. Restricted to registration by a company in Norway. Individuals in the country can only register under. Restricted to registration by a company in Nepal. New Zealand. French Polynesia. With Clipperton Island. Papua New Guinea.
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. Pitcairn Islands. Puerto Rico. Palestinian territories. West Bank and Gaza Strip. Saudi Arabia. Solomon Islands. Saint Helena. Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands. Not in use Norwegian dependencies; see. Sierra Leone. San Marino. Soviet Union. El Salvador. Turks and Caicos Islands. French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
East Timor. Often used unofficially for Torrent , Toronto , or Tokyo. ISO code has changed to TL;. Trinidad and Tobago. Used as an abbreviation of television, the domain is currently operated by dotTV, a VeriSign company; the Tuvalu government owns twenty percent of the company.
Republic of China Taiwan. ISO code is gb, but. United States of America. Commonly used by U. State and local governments instead of. Vatican City. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. British Virgin Islands. Virgin Islands. Wallis and Futuna. South Africa.
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