.cw is the
Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, p ...
country code top-level domain
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It ...
(ccTLD) for
Curaçao
Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela
...
. It was created following the decision on December 15, 2010 by the
ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency to allocate CW as the
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code
In communication
Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communica ...
code for Curaçao. This decision followed Curaçao's new status as an autonomous country within the
Kingdom of the Netherlands
, national_anthem = )
, image_map = Kingdom of the Netherlands (orthographic projection).svg
, map_width = 250px
, image_map2 = File:KonDerNed-10-10-10.png
, map_caption2 = Map of the four constituent countries shown to scale
, capital = ...
on October 10, 2010. The
University of Curaçao, which already was the sponsor for .an was designated as the sponsoring organization. Registration of .cw domains was available from 1 February 2012.
Previously, many websites in Curaçao used the former
Netherlands Antilles
nl, In vrijheid verenigd"Unified by freedom"
, national_anthem =
, common_languages = Dutch English Papiamento
, demonym = Netherlands Antillean
, capital = Willemstad
Willemstad ( , ; ; en, William Town, italic=yes) is the capit ...
's ccTLD,
.an. Domains from .an were able to switch to .sx (Sint Maarten) or .cw, depending on where they are based.
See also
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Internet in the Netherlands
According to research done by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; french: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, ''OCDE'') is ...
*
.nl
*
.sx
References
External links
IANA .cw whois information
Country code top-level domains
Communications in Curaçao
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