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.ao
Introduced 1995
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry University of Agostinho Neto (College of Engineering)
Sponsoring organization University of Agostinho Neto
Intended use Entities connected with Angola
Actual use Gets some use in Angola
Registration restrictions Limited to registrants within Angola, except for .it.ao domain for international institutions
Structure Registrations are at third level beneath second level labels; there appear to also be some direct second-level registrations
Documents
Dispute policies
Web site Dns.ao

.ao is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Angola. It is administered by the college of engineering of the University of Agostinho Neto. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is a top-level domain used and reserved for a country or a dependent territory. ... The University of Agostinho Neto (Universidade Agostinho Neto) is a public Angolan university based in the capital, Luanda. ... The University of Agostinho Neto (Universidade Agostinho Neto) is a public Angolan university based in the capital, Luanda. ... A 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. ... A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is a top-level domain used and reserved for a country or a dependent territory. ... The term college (Latin collegium) is most often used today to denote an educational institution. ... Engineering is the application of scientific and technical knowledge to solve human problems. ... The University of Agostinho Neto (Universidade Agostinho Neto) is a public Angolan university based in the capital, Luanda. ...


The registry Web site, as of 2005, has not been modified since 2002, and consists of a single page in Portuguese. One of the few links on the page is to a document in Microsoft Word format, in English, 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 (but a Google search shows no active sites in that subdomain), and also say that registrations are only taken at the third level (when a Google search shows some sites exist at second-level .ao names). 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Microsoft Word is a word processing application from Microsoft. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...


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. Not used?)

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Country code top-level domains
Active:  .ac  .ad  .ae  .af  .ag  .ai  .al  .am  .an  .ao  .aq  .ar  .as  .at  .au  .aw  .ax  .az  .ba  .bb  .bd  .be  .bf  .bg  .bh  .bi  .bj  .bm  .bn  .bo  .br  .bs  .bt  .bv  .bw  .by  .bz  .ca  .cc  .cd  .cf  .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  .kr  .kw  .ky  .kz  .la  .lb  .lc  .li  .lk  .lr  .ls  .lt  .lu  .lv  .ly  .ma  .mc  .md  .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  .pm  .pn  .pr  .ps  .pt  .pw  .py  .qa  .re  .ro  .ru  .rw  .sa  .sb  .sc  .sd  .se  .sg  .sh  .si  .sk  .sl  .sm  .sn  .sr  .st  .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  .yt  .yu  .za  .zm  .zw

Reserved/unassigned:  .eh  .kp  .me  .rs      Allocated/unused:  .bv  .gb  .sj .so  .um       Phaseout:  .tp  .su       Deleted/retired:  .cs  .dd  .zr

See also: Generic top-level domains

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