.ie is the This article is about the Internet 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, or simply the Net, is the publicly available worldwide... 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 the The Republic of Ireland ( Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) is the official description of an independent state which covers approximately five-sixths of the island of Ireland, off the coast of north-west Europe. It is the westernmost state of the European Union, and has a developed economy and... Republic of Ireland.

The .ie domain was managed by University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin - more commonly University College Dublin (UCD) - is Irelands largest university, with over 20,000 students. The university is located in Dublin, Ireland. The university is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland. The terms of the Universities Act, 1997... University College, Dublin, since its delegation from Jon Postel (Photo by Irene Fertik, USC News Service. Copyright 1994, USC) Jonathan Bruce Postel (August 6, 1943 - October 16, 1998) made many significant contributions to Internet standards. He is principally known for being the Editor of the RFC document series from the IETF; he also initiated and ran the... Jon Postel in 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 7 - Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 - the Kegworth Air Disaster - A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on approach to East Midlands Airport - 44 dead... 1989, until the creation of The IE Domain Registry (IEDR) is the domain name registry for the .ie country code top-level domain. The IEDR is a not-for-profit organisation and a member of CENTR, the orgainsation was spun-off from University College, Dublin in July 2000. The IEDR have received a lot of... IE Domain Registry (IEDR) in 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Popular culture also holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millenium. By strict interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar, however, this distinction falls to the year 2001. The year 2000 is... 2000; the university is still the The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is an organisation that oversees IP address, top level domain and Internet protocol code point allocations. IANA was formerly one man, the late Jon Postel. General information IANA delegates local registrations of IP addresses to Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). Each RIR allocates addresses for... IANA Sponsoring Organization. The IEDR is considered more conservative than other similar authorities and places certain restrictions on registration, for instance it has a policy against personal names.

.ie domains cost 50 to 100 euros where as other domains cost a lot less. There is a lot of hassle involved with registering a .ie domain as you have to provide documentation to prove you need a .ie domain. As a result many town websites such as Killavullen (http://www.killavullen.com) have opted for a .COM is also the extension of the DOS COM file, an extension used for executables. .com is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) used on the Internets Domain Name System. It was one of the original top-level domains, established in January 1985. It is currently operated by VeriSign... .com domain instead. These websites are often run by residents who do not have the time or money to get a .ie domain

There is no official second level domain policy but the The Government (Irish: Rialtas) is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in the Republic of Ireland. The Government is headed by a prime minister called the Taoiseach, and a deputy prime minister called the Tánaiste. The Taoiseach is appointed by the President after being designated by Dáil Éireann... Irish Government do place the majority of their websites in the .gov.ie domain.

See also

• HEAnet - Irelands National Education & Research Network, provides high-speed Internet access to academic institutions in Ireland direct to European and USA networks. The network is funded by the Higher Education Authority and is a WAN-based network. In 1984 the network started out supported by the then two... HEAnet
• Eclipses may occur repeatedly, separated by some specific interval of time: this interval is called an eclipse cycle. The series of eclipses is called an eclipse series. General explanation Eclipse conditions Eclipses may occur when the Earth and Moon are on one line with the Sun, and the shadow of... INEX
• ITnet

External link

• IANA .ie whois information (http://www.iana.org/root-whois/ie.htm)
• IE Domain Registry (http://www.domainregistry.ie/)