.hk is the This article is about the Internet, the extensive, worldwide computer network available to the public. An internet is a more general term for any set of interconnected computer networks that are connected by internetworking. Graphic representation of the WWW information network structure around Wikipedia, as represented by hyperlinks The Internet... Internet Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes (geocodes) developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The most famous of these is ISO 3166-1. Lists of country codes by country A - B... country code A top-level domain (TLD) is the last part of which Internet domain names consist of. For example, in the domain name wikipedia.org the top-level domain is org (or ORG, as domain names are not case-sensitive). The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) currently classifies top-level domains... top-level domain ( A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is a top-level domain used and reserved for a country or a dependent territory. These are two letters long, and most of them correspond to the ISO 3166-1 standard for country codes. General information There are over 240 ccTLDs; see the... ccTLD) for Hong Kong (香港; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2; Yale: heūng góng; pinyin: Xiānggǎng; Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang) is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the Peoples Republic of China. (The other one is Macau.) Administratively, the name Hong Kong... Hong Kong. It was created in 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1990 in video gaming January January 3 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 - Lt Gen... 1990.

Until 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) Elections were held in 73 countries during 2004. See a list of elections... 2004 there were very few second-level domains under .hk, as it was normally only possible to register third-level domains. The following are the main second-level domains:

.com.hk - commercial entities

.edu.hk - educational institutions

.gov.hk - government

.idv.hk - individuals

.net.hk - network service providers

.org.hk - non-profit organizations

However, as of 2004 it became possible to register second-level .hk domains, so these will soon become common.

External links

• Hong Kong Domain Name Registration Company Limited (http://www.hkirc.net.hk)
• root-zone whois information for .hk (http://www.iana.org/root-whois/hk.htm)