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.fi is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Finland. It is operated by FICORA, the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority. A top-level domain (TLD) is the last part of an Internet domain name. ... A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is a top-level domain used and reserved for a country or a dependent territory. ...


December 4, 1986 an application to register top level domain for Finland was sent by Finnish Unix Users Group from Tampere. The application was accepted and the administration of .fi TLD was granted to Tampere University of Technology. Later the administration was transferred to FICORA. December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location within Finland Tampere (Swedish name Tammerfors) is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes: Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. ... Tampere University of Technology (TUT) (Finnish: Tampereen Teknillinen Yliopisto (TTY) ) is the second-largest of the universities in engineering sciences in Finland. ...


In the past FICORA regulated .fi domains quite harshly. Domain names were only admitted to company names or companies that owned trademarks. This policy lead to Finnish companies applying for domains under other top-level domains. This policy was changed on September 1, 2003. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


.fi was once best known among non-Finnish internet users as the TLD of the Penet remailer (anon.penet.fi), a privately-operated server which enabled users to post e-mail and Usenet messages anonymously in the early 1990s. The Penet remailer (anon. ... Usenet is a distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP network of the same name. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...


Since 1. September 2005, .fi-domains may have contained scandinavian letters (ä,å,ö), though they are not recommended to be used as the primary domain.


See also: .ax, a top-level domain that the Åland Islands have requested. The government of the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD). ... National motto: ? Official language Swedish Capital Mariehamn Governor Peter Lindbäck Premier Roger Nordlund Total Area  - Land  - Water 6,784 km² 1,527 km² 5,258 km² Population  - Total (2002)  - Density 26,257 17. ...


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