.dz
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Introduced | 1994 |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | |
Sponsor | Algerian NIC, |
Intended use | Entities connected with Algeria |
Actual use | Fairly popular in Algeria |
Registered domains | 13,590 (July 1, 2021)[1] |
Registration restrictions | Must have Algerian presence; name must be related to company or organization name or trademark |
Structure | Registrations are taken directly at second level or at third level beneath some second-level labels |
Dispute policies | UDRP |
Registry website | nic.dz |
.dz is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Algeria (from Dzayer, the local name for Algeria).
It is administered by Network Internet Center. DZ, a subdivision of CERIST (Centre de Recherche sur l'Information Scientifique et Technique). To apply for a .dz domain name, one must be an organization with a permanent presence in Algeria, and choose a name of three or more letters.[citation needed] Currently, NIC.DZ charges 1000 Algerian dinars a year (about US$8).
Second-Level domains[]
Registrations are taken directly at the second level, or at the third level beneath these names:[1]
- .com.dz: Commercial entities
- .gov.dz: Governmental entities
- .org.dz: Entities appointing non-governmental and not commercial organizations
- .edu.dz: Entities of education
- .asso.dz: Approved associations
- .pol.dz: Political parties
- .art.dz: Arts
- .net.dz: Entities activating in the field of Internet
- .tm.dz: Entities, residing abroad, owners of protected trademarks covered in Algeria and having no document justifying an activity or presence in Algeria.
- .soc.dz: Natural persons, residing in Algeria, owners of protected trademarks in Algeria and not exercising a commercial activity (not having Algerian Trade certificate)
Second top-level domain[]
A second top-level domain will be used for Algeria, intended for domain names in the local language, using Arabic characters: الجزائر. It was registered in 2011 and is represented as .xn--lgbbat1ad8j for the DNS name.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Domain Name Policy for the Algerian Country Code TLD .dz" (PDF). Democratic Republic of Algeria Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Research Center on Scientific and Technical Information. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
External links[]
- Internet in Algeria
- Mass media in Algeria
- Country code top-level domains
- Communications in Algeria
- Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members
- Algeria stubs
- Domain name stubs