.am is the

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(

ccTLD A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all t ...

) for

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

Regulation

The registry for .am is operated by ISOC-AM, the local chapter of the Internet Society. Regulatory notes: * Any person in the world can register a .am, .com.am, .net.am, .org.am domain for a fee. * Each domain name is subject to review. Generally, each review takes about 2 or 3 working days. * Armenian law prohibits its

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s from being used for

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pornography Pornography (often shortened to porn or porno) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal. Primarily intended for adults,

, or

terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

sites. * The AM-NIC was moved over to

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address compatibility in line with the global DNS. *

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compatible names will not be instituted at AM-NIC until all issues related to

are resolved.

Usage in domain hacks

Domains within the .am ccTLD enjoy popularity due to the connection to

AM radio AM broadcasting is radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions. It was the first method developed for making audio radio transmissions, and is still used worldwide, primarily for medium wave (also known as "AM band") trans ...

(similar to the .fm and .tv ccTLDs), and the ability to form English words ending in "am" — e.g. the mobile photo sharing service

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uses the Armenian domain name Instagr.am. The live video streaming service Stre.am uses the TLD to form their operative keyword, "Stream". American music artist and producer will.i.am uses the domain for his website. Such unconventional usage of TLDs in domain names are called

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Second top-level domain

In 2014 a new Armenian top-level domain name was added, intended for

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domain names. The TLD is .հայ (“hy”), from the

ethnonym An ethnonym () is a name applied to a given ethnic group. Ethnonyms can be divided into two categories: exonyms (whose name of the ethnic group has been created by another group of people) and autonyms, or endonyms (whose name is created and us ...

for Armenian. It launched in 2016.

References

External links

IANA .am whois information

Armenia Network Information Centre

List of .AM registrars

.AM accredited registrar

.AM accredited registrar, .AM domain marketplace
Internet in Armenia Mass media in Armenia Country code top-level domains Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members Computer-related introductions in 1994 {{compu-domain-stub sv:Toppdomän#A