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.my
.my
Introduced1987
TLD typeCountry code top-level domain
StatusActive
RegistryMYNIC Berhad
SponsorMIMOS Berhad
Intended useEntities connected with  Malaysia
Actual usePopular in Malaysia
Registration restrictionsMalaysian presence required; various restrictions specific to different subdomains
StructureRegistrations are available at third level beneath some second-level labels
DocumentsRegistration with MYNIC; MYNIC FAQs; Agreement for registration of domain name
Dispute policiesDispute Resolution Policy
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.my is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Malaysia. The Malaysia Network Information Centre (MYNIC) is currently the registry and registrar for the domain, in charge of registration, billing, system administration, and policies and operation of the domain. MYNIC was previously a division of MIMOS Berhad, a research and development government corporation, before it was incorporated on May 24, 2006.

Domains

Domain naming convention

Registrations of .my domains are at the third-level under second-level names. Therefore, .my domains are usually structured as exemplified below: While MYNIC administers the .my top level domain, it only registers third level domain names. As such, MYNIC doesn't register .my domains names such as:
  • www.example.com.my
  • example.example2.com.my
  • example.my
Exemptions in the third restriction are the official websites of MIMOS (mimos.my) and Jaring (jaring.my) (a former subsidiary of MIMOS).

Second-level domains

  • .com.my, for commercial organisations or activities.
  • .net.my, for network-related organisations or activities.
  • .org.my, for organisations or activities that do not fall under other categories.
  • .gov.my, for Malaysian government organisations only.
  • .edu.my, for Malaysian educational organisations only.
  • .mil.my, for Malaysian military organisations only.
  • .name.my, for Malaysian individuals' personal use only.
The .name.my subdomain is specifically reserved for personal domains of individuals, and registrations in all other subdomains are restricted to companies and organisations.

Third-level domains and restrictions

While registers are free to define the names of their domain names, MYNIC restricts the use of certain names, in any language including English and Malay. Words prohibited in .my domains include:
  • Country or state names, or well-known names, such as "Malaysia", "Melaka" or "Johore", which may only be applied by the relevant State authority, or individuals who have been authorised by the relevant State authority.
  • Terms sensitive to the main religions in Malaysia, such as "Islam", "Buddha", "Hindu" or "Christianity".
  • Words that are "obscene, scandalous, indecent, offensive or contrary to Malaysian public norms."
  • "Bank" or "finance company" (or any derivative of the words), unless consent is obtain from the Minister of Finance, pursuant to Section 15 of the Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989.

External links

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Reserved/unassigned:  .eh  .kp  .me  .rs  .um       Allocated/unused:  .bv  .gb  .pm  .sj  .so  .yt       Phaseout:  .su  .tp       Deleted/retired:  .cs  .zr
See also: Generic top-level domains
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1950s  1960s  1970s  - 1980s -  1990s  2000s  2010s
1984 1985 1986 - 1987 - 1988 1989 1990

Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII
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A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country or a dependent territory.

ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all two-letter top-level domains are ccTLDs.
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The Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems or MIMOS Berhad is a Malaysian government owned, Research & Development (R&D) organisation specialising in the areas of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) and Microelectronics.
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Motto
"Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu"
"Unity Is Strength" 1
Anthem
Negaraku
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Internet is a worldwide, publicly accessible series of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government
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Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes (geocodes) developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The most famous of these is ISO 3166-1.
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top-level domain (TLD) is the last part of an Internet domain name; that is, the letters which follow the final dot of any domain name. For example, in the domain name www.example.
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A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country or a dependent territory.

ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all two-letter top-level domains are ccTLDs.
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Motto
"Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu"
"Unity Is Strength" 1
Anthem
Negaraku
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The Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems or MIMOS Berhad is a Malaysian government owned, Research & Development (R&D) organisation specialising in the areas of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) and Microelectronics.
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subdomain is a domain that is part of a larger domain. For example, "example.com" is a subdomain of the "com" top-level domain (TLD) while "www.example.com" is a service in the domain "example.com". In fact, the "com" TLD is a subdomain of the root domain, ".".
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In the Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy, a second-level domain (SLD) is a domain that is directly below a top-level domain (TLD). For example, in wikipedia.org, wikipedia is the second-level domain of the .org TLD.
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subdomain is a domain that is part of a larger domain. For example, "example.com" is a subdomain of the "com" top-level domain (TLD) while "www.example.com" is a service in the domain "example.com". In fact, the "com" TLD is a subdomain of the root domain, ".".
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In the Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy, a second-level domain (SLD) is a domain that is directly below a top-level domain (TLD). For example, in wikipedia.org, wikipedia is the second-level domain of the .org TLD.
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A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country or a dependent territory.

ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all two-letter top-level domains are ccTLDs.
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subdomain is a domain that is part of a larger domain. For example, "example.com" is a subdomain of the "com" top-level domain (TLD) while "www.example.com" is a service in the domain "example.com". In fact, the "com" TLD is a subdomain of the root domain, ".".
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In the Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy, a second-level domain (SLD) is a domain that is directly below a top-level domain (TLD). For example, in wikipedia.org, wikipedia is the second-level domain of the .org TLD.
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A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country or a dependent territory.

ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all two-letter top-level domains are ccTLDs.
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The Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems or MIMOS Berhad is a Malaysian government owned, Research & Development (R&D) organisation specialising in the areas of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) and Microelectronics.
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JARING is an internet service provider in Malaysia. It was the first internet service provider in Malaysia. Previously it was wholly owned by MIMOS Berhad and is based in Technology Park Malaysia (TPM).

Currently it's known as JARING Communications Sdn.
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.com

Introduced 1985
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry VeriSign
Sponsor None
Intended use Commercial entities (worldwide)
Actual use Used for virtually any commercial or non-commercial website and is generally accepted as the standard
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.NET may refer to
  • The .net top-level domain
  • .NET Framework, a Microsoft framework for application development
  • Portable.NET


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.org

Introduced 1985
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Public Interest Registry (operated by Afilias)
Sponsor Not technically sponsored, but PIR is connected with the Internet Society
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.gov

Introduced 1985
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry General Services Administration, operated by ZoneEdit
Sponsor None
Intended use Governmental entities
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.edu

Introduced 1985
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Educause (operated by VeriSign)
Sponsor Not technically sponsored, but Educause is a nonprofit organization
Intended use Educational institutions
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.mil

Introduced 1985
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Defense Information Systems Agency
Sponsor None
Intended use Military entities
Actual use Agencies, services and divisions of the United States Department of Defense
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.name

Introduced 2001
TLD type Generic top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Global Name Registry (operated by VeriSign)
Sponsor None
Intended use Personal sites of individuals
Actual use Mostly used as intended, but has not grown as fast as .com/.biz/.
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English}}} 
Writing system: Latin (English variant) 
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng  
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Malay}}} 
Writing system: Rumi (Latin alphabet) (official) and Jawi (Arabic script); historically written in Pallava, Kawi and Rencong 
Official status
Official language of:
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Malaysia

This article is part of the series:
Politics of Malaysia

  • Constitution
  • Social contract
  • Yang di-Pertuan Agong
  • Mizan Zainal Abidin
  • Cabinet

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