.ao is the Internet The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standardized Internet Protocol Suite to serve billions of users worldwide. 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 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 Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean. The exclave province of Cabinda has a border with the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is administered by the college College is a term most often used today to denote degree awarding tertiary educational institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of colleagues, for example, an electoral college, a College of Arms or the College of Cardinals. Originally, it meant a group of persons living together, under a common set of rules (con- = " of engineering Engineering is the science, discipline, art and profession of acquiring and applying technical, scientific and mathematical knowledge to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and processes that safely realize a desired objective or inventions of the University of Agostinho Neto The Agostinho Neto University is a public Angolan university based in the capital, Luanda. In the academic year 2005/06, 68 licensing courses were ministered by Agostinho Neto University, being 18 in Bachelor’s Degree and 15 in Master’s Degree involving various areas of scientific knowledge within the various faculties, institutes and higher.
The registry Web site, as of 2006, has not been modified since 2002, and consists of a single page in Portuguese Portuguese ( português or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and northern Portugal. It is derived from the Latin spoken by the romanized Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula (namely the Gallaeci, the Lusitanians, the Celtici and the Conii) around 2000 years ago. It spread worldwide in the 15th. One of the few links on the page is to a document in Microsoft Word Microsoft Word is Microsoft's word processing software. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh (1984), Atari ST (1986), SCO UNIX, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows (1989). It is a component of format, in English English is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries and of the United States since the mid 20th century, it has become the lingua franca in many parts of, which gives registration rules for the domain which may not be up-to-date; they state that registration by entities outside Angola is to be done only in the .it.ao subdomain. The search engine Google seems to be the first .it.ao entity[1] using the subdomain ".it.ao". It also says that registrations are only taken at the third level (when a Google search shows some sites exist at second-level .ao names).
A registrar at reg.it.ao is provided for registration of .co.ao and .it.ao third-level domains only, cost is €166/yr.
Second level domains
- .ed.ao - Educational institutions. (Seated in Angola.)
- .gv.ao - Governmental institutions. (Seated in Angola.)
- .og.ao - Any other organisations (Seated in Angola.)
- .co.ao - Commercial institutions (Seated in Angola.)
- .pb.ao - Publishing (Seated in Angola. Not used?)
- .it.ao - International institutions (Outside Angola.)
References
- ^ (French) Google first to use .it.ao : Article of Zorgloob.com about Google Angola.
External links
| 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) |
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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 .al is the Internet country code top-level domain for Albania. It is administered by the Electronic and Postal Communications Authority of Albania .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 .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 .ch .ci .ck .cl .cm .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
Reserved/unassigned: .um .bl .eh .mf Allocated/unused: .bv .gb .pm .sj .so .yt Proposed Cyrillic: .бг .рф Phaseout: .tp .yu Deleted/retired: .bu .cs .dd .zr
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