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Acronyms related to domain names

The extensions on domain names are acronyms that describe what kind of web sites should have that kind of domain name.

Domain names available in America:

.K-12.US - Schools

.ar - Argentina

.biz - Business Internet Zone. The .biz TLD is restricted to business users.

.br - Brazil

.ca - Canada. Registrants must meet Canadian presence requirements.

.cc - Cocos (Keeling) Islands

.cl - Chile

.co - Colombia

.cr - Costa Rica

.com - Commercial Firm. The first top level domain name, and the most sought after. Has the least domain names still available.

.de - Germany. This registry has only minimal rules concerning local presence and nameservers. The Registrant OR the Administrative Contact must reside in Germany and the two name servers associated with the registration must be authoritative, active and on different subnets to avoid a single point of failure.

.ec - Ecuador

.edu - Educational Institutions

.gf - French Guiana

.gov - Government Institutions

.gt - Guatemala

.info - Information website. This is an unrestricted TLD. This means there are no restrictions to who can register in the .info domain space.

.int - International Organizations

.jobs - Seeking / Offering Jobs

.Mobi - First top-level domain dedicated to delivering the Internet to mobile devices.

.ms - Montserrat

.mx - Mexico

.mil - US Dept of Defense.Only Military Groups can have this extension.

.name - Personal name. You can register a domain based on your first and last names (www.firstname.lastname.name or www.lastname.firstname.name)

.net - Major Network support centers

.ni - Nicaragua

.org - General Organizations, Non-profit Organizations

.pa - Panama

.pe - Peru

.py - Paraguay

.sv - El Salvador

.tc - The Turks & Caicos Islands

.tt - Trinidad and Tobago

.tv - Tuvalu. The TLD for the country of Tuvalu and is an open registry. Anyone can register a domain name under .tv. Domain names can be registered for any term between one and 10 years. Some .tv domain names are considered high profile and are priced separately by the registry at higher prices. Register a .tv for your media business, college or university campus television station or for any domain name that would benefit from a .tv extension

.us - United States. Registrants must meet one of these three requirements: 1) - You are a US citizen or permanent resident; 2) - You are a US business or organization, or 3) - You are a "foreign entity organization that has a bona fide presence in the United States of America or any of its possessions or territories."

.uy - Uruguay

.vg - British Virgin Islands

.ve - Venezuela

.ws - Personal web site. Anyone can register this TLD for any purpose.

Africa Domain Extensions:

.bf - Burkina Faso

.bi - Burundi

.cg - Congo

.ci - Côte d'Ivoire

.gh - Ghana

.ly - Libya

.rw - Rwanda

.sn - Senegal

.so - Somalia

.st - Sao Tome and Principe

.tn - Tunisia

.ug - Uganda

.za - South Africa

.zr - Zaire

.tk - Tokelau

Acronyms related to domain names:

AJ - Ask Jeeves

BIND - Berkeley Internet Name Daemon

TLD - Top level domain.

TLDR - Top level domain registry or top level domain registrar.

CCTLD - Country Code Top Level Domain

DNSBL - Domain Name Service-based Block List

FQDN - Fully Qualified Domain Name

GTLD - Generic Top Level Domain

ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

PDR - Public Domain Registry, Inc.

European Domain Extensions:

.ad - Andorra

.at - Austria

.be - Belgium

.bg - Bulgaria

.by - Belarus

.ch - Switzerland

.cy - Cyprus

.cz - Czech Republic

.de - Germany

.dk - Denmark

.ee - Estonia

.eu - ?

.es - Spain

.fi - Finland

.fo - Faroe Islands

.fr - France

.gg - Guernsey

.gl - Greenland

.gr - Greece

.hr - Croatia

.hu - Hungary

.ie - Ireland

.il - Israel

.im - Isle of Man

.is - Iceland

.it - Italy

.je - Jersey

.li - Liechtenstein

.lt - Lithuania

.lu - Luxembourg

.lv - Latvia

.mk - Macedonia

.mt - Malta

.nl - The Netherlands

.no - Norway

.pl - Poland

.pt - Portugal

.ro - Romania

.ru - Russia

.se - Sweden

.si - Slovenia

.sk - Slovakia

.tr - Turkey

.ua - Ukraine

.uk - UK

.yu - Yugoslavia

Asia & Oceania Domain Extensions:

.ae - United Arab Emirates

.am - Armenia

.as - American Samoa

.au - Australia

.bh - Bahrain

.bt - Bhutan

.cc - Cocos (Keeling) Islands

.cn - China

.gu - Guam

.hk - Hong Kong

.hm - Heard and McDonald Islands

.id - Indonesia

.in - India

.ir - Iran

.jo - Jordan

.jp - Japan

.kr - Republic of Korea

.kz - Kazakhstan

.lb - Lebanon

.lk - Sri Lanka

.mm - Myanmar

.mn - Mongolia

.my - Malaysia

.nc - New Caledonia

.nf - Norfolk Island

.nu - Niue

.nz - New Zealand

.ph - Philippines

.pk - Pakistan

.pn - Pitcairn

.ru - Russia

.sa - Saudi Arabia

.sg - Singapore

.th - Thailand

.tj - Tadjikistan

.tm - Turkmenistan

.to - Tonga

.tp - East Timor

.tw - Taiwan

There are thousands of other acronyms used on the internet. We have only listed the most common ones related to domain names. If you run across an acronym not listed here, you can look it up in this acronym database.
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