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.pt
DNS PT
Introduced1988
TLD typeCountry code top-level domain
StatusActive
RegistryFundação para a Computação Científica Nacional
SponsorFundação para a Computação Científica Nacional
Intended useEntities connected with  Portugal
Actual useVery popular in Portugal
Registration restrictionsVarious restrictions for different subdomains; .com.pt is unlimited
StructureRegistrations are taken directly at second level or at third level beneath some second-level labels
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.pt is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Portugal and is managed by the Fundação para a Computação Científica Nacional (FCCN). It has the following second-level domains:
  • .com.pt: no restrictions; online registration
  • .edu.pt: education
  • .gov.pt: Government of Portugal
  • .int.pt: international organizations or diplomatic missions in Portugal
  • .net.pt: telecommunications providers
  • .nome.pt: individuals (nome is Portuguese for name)
  • .org.pt: Non-profit organizations
  • .publ.pt: publications (e.g. newspapers)
Registration directly at second-level is available, with restrictions:
  • .pt: Collective People, individual entrepreneurs, liberal professionals, public entities and any person/entity if owner of a trademark /request of trademark. The name must match the owner's name or the trademark or business name. [https://online.dns.pt/dns/do?com=DS;3360206984;111;+PAGE(4000018)+K-CAT-COD(FAQ);]
The *.com.pt is the easiest to obtain as there are no restrictions on naming or on local presence.

Since July 1 2005, special characters such as ç, é, õ have been supported in domain names.

Apart for .gov.pt, Portuguese subdomains were slow to catch on, because many people had already registered under .pt when the new ones became available. Many companies, colleges and people still prefer to use a .pt because these are harder to get (the chance of getting a spam link is very low) and simpler to remember. There are also inconsistencies: for example, the website of the Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) is not www.mne.gov.pt, but www.min-nestrangeiros.pt. However, the .com.pt subdomain is being heavily promoted by the registry, and now has a large number of registrations and active Web sites. Others such as .nome.pt for individuals are still very uncommon.

In the early years, FCCN tried to keep control of the .pt domain using very stringent rules, which were adjusted a number of times. The precedent set by domains which were already registered but which would not be able to be registered under updated rules led to lawyers requesting the registry of any domain based on the principle of equal treatment. When the situation was out of control, FCCN tried to promote subdomains like com.pt. Nevertheless, since the registration directly under .pt was still available, users tended to prefer these.

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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
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1985 1986 1987 - 1988 - 1989 1990 1991

Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII
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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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Anthem
"A Portuguesa"


Capital
(and largest city) Lisbon5

Official languages Portuguese1
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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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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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Anthem
"A Portuguesa"


Capital
(and largest city) Lisbon5

Official languages Portuguese1
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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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diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organization (such as the United Nations) present in another state to represent the sending state/organization in the receiving state.
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Writing system: Latin alphabet (Portuguese variant) 
Official status
Official language of: Angola
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Macau (PRC)
Mozambique
Portugal
São Tomé and Príncipe
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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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This article is about the top-level domain (TLD). For the second-level domain, see .ac (second level).


.ac

Introduced 1997
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
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.ad

Introduced 1996
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Nic.ad
Sponsor Servei de Telecommunicacions d'Andorra
Intended use Entities connected with
 Andorra
Actual use Gets some use in Andorra
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.ae

Introduced 1992
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Nic.ae
Sponsor Etisalat
Intended use Entities connected with
 United Arab Emirates
Actual use Very popular in U.A.E.
Registration restrictions Must show I.D.
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.af

Introduced 1997
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry AFGNIC
Sponsor Afghanistan Ministry of Communications
Intended use Entities connected with  Afghanistan
Actual use Gets some use in Aghanistan
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.ag

Introduced 1991
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry NicAg
Sponsor None
Intended use Entities connected with
 Antigua and Barbuda
Actual use Used largely by companies in German-speaking countries where AG
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.ai

Introduced 1995
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Offshore Information Services
Sponsor Government of Anguilla
Intended use Entities connected with  Anguilla
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.al

Introduced 1992
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Institute of Informatics and Applied Mathematics (INIMA)
Sponsor Authority for Regulations of Telecommunication in Albania (ART)
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.am

Introduced 1994
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry [https://www.amnic.net AMNIC]
Sponsor ISOC-AM (local chapter of Internet Society)
Intended use Entities connected with  Armenia
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.an

Introduced 1993
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry University of The Netherlands Antilles
Sponsor University of The Netherlands Antilles
Intended use Entities connected with the  Netherlands Antilles
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.ao

Introduced 1995
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry University of Agostinho Neto (College of Engineering)
Sponsor University of Agostinho Neto
Intended use Entities connected with  Angola
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.aq

Introduced 1992
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry 2Day Internet Limited
Sponsor Mott and Associates
Intended use Entities connected with  Antarctica
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.ar

Introduced 1987
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry NIC Argentina
Sponsor Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina
Intended use Entities connected with  Argentina
Actual use Very popular in Argentina
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.as

Introduced 1997
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry AS Domain Registry
Sponsor AS Domain Registry
Intended use Entities connected with American Samoa
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.at

Introduced 1988
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry NIC.AT
Sponsor NIC.AT
Intended use Entities connected with  Austria
Actual use Very popular in Austria
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