.al is the Internet The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standardized Internet Protocol Suite . It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private and public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections, and country code Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The best known of these is ISO 3166-1.[citation needed] The term country code frequently refers to international dialing top-level domain A top-level domain or domain name is the highest level of domain names in the root zone of the Domain Name System of the Internet. For all domains in lower levels, it is the last part of the domain name, that is, the label that follows the last dot of a fully qualified domain name. For example, in the domain name www.example.com, the top-level (ccTLD A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country (a sovereign state or a dependent territory)) for Albania Albania /ælˈbeɪniə/ , officially the Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika e Shqipërisë, pronounced [ɾɛˈpublika ɛ ʃcipəˈɾiːs], or simply Shqipëria), is a country in South Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Greece to the south-east, Montenegro to the north, Kosovo[a] to the northeast, and Macedonia to the east. It has a coast on. It is administered by the Electronic and Postal Communications Authority of Albania.

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2nd level registrations

In the past, registrations were not permitted directly at the second level, but a few existing names were "grandfathered"; they were uniti.al, tirana.al, soros.al, upt.al and inima.al.

3rd level registrations

Registrations used to be only beneath the second-level label appropriate for the type of organization, but many now exist directly below .al. These are the second level domains in current use:

External links

.al register system

References

Country code top-level domains A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country (a sovereign state or a dependent territory)

Active: .ac .ac is the Internet country code top-level domain for Ascension Island. It is administered by NIC.AC, a subsidiary of the Internet Computer Bureau based in the United Kingdom. Registration for this domain is open to anyone .ad .ad is the Internet country code top-level domain for Andorra. It is administered by Servei de Telecommunicacions d'Andorra .ae .ae is the Internet country code top-level domain for the United Arab Emirates. It is administered by .aeDA which is part of the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) .af .af is the Internet country code top-level domain for Afghanistan. It is administered by AFGNIC, a service of the UNDP and the Islamic Transitional Government of Afghanistan .ag .ag is the Internet country code top-level domain for Antigua and Barbuda .ai .ai is the Internet country code top-level domain for Anguilla. It is administered by the government of Anguilla .al .am .am is the Internet country code top-level domain for Armenia .an .an is the Internet country code top-level domain for Netherlands Antilles. It is administered by the University of the Netherlands Antilles. As the Netherlands Antilles are due to be abolished by 2010, the future of the .an top-level domain is uncertain. There are, however, over 800 domains registered under .an (directly or at third level), .ao .ao is the Internet country code top-level domain for Angola. It is administered by the college of engineering of the University of Agostinho Neto .aq .aq is the Internet country code top-level domain for Antarctica. It is reserved for organizations that conduct work in Antarctica or promote the Antarctic and Southern Ocean regions. It is administered by Peter Mott of Mott and Associates of Auckland, New Zealand .ar .ar is the Internet country code top-level domain for Argentina. It is administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina .as .as is the Internet country code top-level domain for American Samoa. It is administered by AS Domain Registry .at .at is the Internet country code top-level domain for Austria. It is administered by NIC.AT[citation needed] .au .au is the Internet country code top-level domain for Australia .aw .aw is the Internet country code top-level domain for Aruba. It is administered by SETAR .ax .ax is the Internet country code top-level domain of the Åland Islands, introduced in 2006. Previously, most Åland websites were under the .aland.fi subdomain .az .az is the Internet country code top-level domain for Azerbaijan. It is administered by Azerbaijan Communications. Some second-level domains under .az are com.az, net.az, int.az, gov.az, org.az, .edu.az, .info.az, .pp.az, .mil.az, .name.az, .pro.az and biz.az .ba .ba is the Internet country code top-level domain for Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is administered by the University Teleinformation Center .bb .bb is the Internet country code top-level domain for Barbados. Starting November 2007 it is administered by Telecoms Unit. Before Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Limited was the administering party .bd .bd is the Internet country code top-level domain for Bangladesh. It is administered by the Ministry of Post & Telecommunications of Bangladesh. Registrations are at the third level beneath several second-level labels (com, edu, ac, net, gov, org, and mil), paralleling the oldest gTLDs; registration is open except in the gov and mil subdomains, .be .be is the Internet country code top-level domain for Belgium. The domain became active in 1989 and was administrated by Pierre Verbaeten of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. In 2000, the control of the TLD was transferred to DNS Belgium. As of late 2005, more than 470,000 domains were registered .bf .bf is the Internet country code top-level domain for Burkina Faso. It is administered by DELGI. The registry site, as linked on the IANA site as of October, 2005, is in the site of the telecommunications provider ONATEL. However, the link is to a page that is not found. The FAQ in the registars site points to an e-mail address to send inquiries .bg .bg is the Internet country code top-level domain for Bulgaria. It is currently operated by Register.bg .bh .bh is the Internet country code top-level domain for Bahrain. It is administered by BATELCO .bi .bi is the Internet country code top-level domain for Burundi. It is administered by the Burundi National Center of Information Technology .bj .bj is the Internet country code top-level domain for Benin. It is administered by the Office of Stations and Telecommunications of Benin .bm .bn .bn is the Internet country code top-level domain for Brunei Darussalam. It is administered by Telekom Brunei Berhad, or simply TelBru (formerly known as Jabatan Telekom Brunei) .bo .bo is the Internet country code top-level domain for Bolivia. It is administered by ADSIB, As of September 2008, the NIC was offering a registration fee of about 40 $US per year or 280 $Bs. Registration is at the second or third level .br .br is the Internet country code top-level domain for Brazil. It was administered by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil) until 2005 and now it's administered by Brazilian Network Information Center (Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto br). A local contact is required for any registration .bs .bs is the Internet country code top-level domain for the Bahamas. It is administered by the College of the Bahamas .bt .bt is the Internet country code top-level domain for Bhutan. It is administered by the Bhutan Ministry of Communications .bw .bw is the Internet country code top-level domain for Botswana. It is administered by the University of Botswana. There does not appear to be any official registry Web site or information online about how to register domains in this TLD, but some ISPs in Botswana offer this service, and it can be accomplished by filling out a form to send by paper .by .by is the Internet country code top-level domain for Belarus. It is administered by the State Center of the Information Security of the President of the Republic of Belarus (Государственный центр безопасности информации при Президенте Республики Беларусь). The code "BY& .bz .bz is the Internet country code top-level domain for Belize. It is administered by the University of Belize .ca .ca is the Internet country code top-level domain for Canada. Registrants of .ca domains must meet Canadian Presence Requirements as defined by the registry. Examples of valid entities include: .cc .cc is the Internet country code top-level domain for Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian territory. It is administered by VeriSign through a subsidiary company eNIC, which promotes it for international registration as "the next .com"; .cc was originally assigned October 1997 to eNIC Corporation of Seattle WA by the IANA. The Turkish .cd .cd is the Internet country code top-level domain for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1997 as a replacement for the .zr (Zaire) ccTLD, which was phased out and eventually deleted in 2001 .cf .cf is the Internet country code top-level domain for the Central African Republic. It is administered by the Central African Society of Telecommunications .cg .cg is the Internet country code top-level domain for the Republic of the Congo. It is administered by ONPT Congo and Interpoint Switzerland. Citizens of the Republic of the Congo are entitled to one free domain registration, directly at the second level of .cg. Additional registrations, and registrations by foreigners, have a cost of €225/year .ch .ch is the Internet country code top-level domain for Switzerland. It is administered by SWITCH Information Technology Services .ci .ci is the Internet country code top-level domain for Côte d'Ivoire .ck .ck is the Internet country code top-level domain for the Cook Islands .cl .cl is the Internet country code top-level domain for Chile. It is administered by the University of Chile. Registration of second-level domains under this TLD is open to anyone, however, foreign registrants must provide a domestic contact with a RUT, the Chilean national identification number .cm In August 2006, it was reported that the .cm registry had set up a wildcard DNS record, so that all unregistered domains in this top-level domain go to a parking page with paid search links. This was likely intended to take advantage of typographical errors by users attempting to reach .com web sites .cn .co .cr .cu .cv .cx .cy .cz .de .dj .dk .dm .do .dz .ec .ee .eg .er .es .et .eu .fi .fj .fk .fm .fo .fr .ga .gd .ge .gf .gg .gh .gi .gl .gm .gn .gp .gq .gr .gs .gt .gu .gw .gy .hk .hm .hn .hr .ht .hu .id .ie .il .im .in .io .iq .ir .is .it .je .jm .jo .jp .ke .kg .kh .ki .km .kn .kp .kr .kw .ky .kz .la .lb .lc .li .lk .lr .ls .lt .lu .lv .ly .ma .mc .md .me .mg .mh .mk .ml .mm .mn .mo .mp .mq .mr .ms .mt .mu .mv .mw .mx .my .mz .na .nc .ne .nf .ng .ni .nl .no .np .nr .nu .nz .om .pa .pe .pf .pg .ph .pk .pl .pn .pr .ps .pt .pw .py .qa .re .ro .rs .ru .rw .sa .sb .sc .sd .se .sg .sh .si .sk .sl .sm .sn .sr .st .su .sv .sy .sz .tc .td .tf .tg .th .tj .tk .tl .tm .tn .to .tr .tt .tv .tw .tz .ua .ug .uk .us .uy .uz .va .vc .ve .vg .vi .vn .vu .wf .ws .ye .za .zm .zw


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See also: Generic top-level domains

Categories: Country code top-level domains | Telecommunications in Albania

 

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