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.ch
SWITCH
Introduced 1987
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry SWITCH Information Technology Services
Sponsoring organization SWITCH Information Technology Services
Intended use Entities connected with Switzerland
Actual use Very popular in Switzerland
Registration restrictions None
Structure Registrations permitted at second level
Documents Terms and conditions
Dispute policies Dispute Resolution Proceedings
Web site Switch

.ch is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Switzerland. It is administered by SWITCH Information Technology Services. Image File history File links Switch_logo. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday 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. ... 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 URL. For example, in the domain name wikipedia. ... A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is a top-level domain used and reserved for a country or a dependent territory. ...


The use of "ch" may seem odd to someone who is not familiar with Switzerland. It does not come from the name for Switzerland in any of its national languages; "die Schweiz", "Suisse", "Svizzera" or "Svizra". Instead, it comes from Confoederatio Helvetica (Helvetic (Swiss) Confederation), the Latin name for the country (all Swiss coins are also stamped with this name). Swiss redirects here. ...


Given no registration restrictions, and that words in English commonly end with -ch, this allows many domain hacking possibilities. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A domain hack is an unconventional domain name that uses parts other than the SLD (second level domain) or third level domain to create the full title of the domain name. ...


Registrations of internationalized domain names have been accepted since March 2004 (see details). Example of Arabic IDN Example of Chinese IDN An internationalized domain name (IDN) is an Internet domain name that (potentially) contains non-ASCII characters. ...


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

See also: Generic top-level domains

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Ch - definition of Ch in Encyclopedia (294 words)
The letter ch is a digraph consisting of the sequence of Latin alphabet graphemes C and H, however it is a single phoneme (pronounced like German ch or X in TeX) and represents a single entity in Czech collation order, inserted between H and I.
In computing, Ch is represented as a sequence of two characters, C and H.
Ch is an interpreted superset of the C programming language.
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