.je is the
country code top-level domain
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for
Jersey
Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label= Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the ...
. The domain is administered by Island Networks, who also administer the
.gg domain for neighbouring territory
Guernsey
Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English Channel
The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" ( Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), ( Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor ...
. In 2003, a
Google Search
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website was made available for Jersey, which uses the .je domain.
History
Alderney
Alderney (; french: Aurigny ; Auregnais: ) is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands
The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago
An arch ...
hosts the
domain name registry
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for both
bailiwick
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s of the Channel Islands. The country-code top-level domains of .je and
.gg first appeared on the Internet in August 1996 after
Jon Postel
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agreed with
Nigel Roberts to add four codes (GG and JE, and IM and AC) to the
IANA list of TLDs. The codes for the Channel Islands and for the
Isle of Man
)
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, image = Isle of Man by Sentinel-2.jpg
, image_map = Europe-Isle_of_Man.svg
, mapsize =
, map_alt = Location of the Isle of Man in Europe
, map_caption = Location of the Isle of Man (green)
in Europe ...
were entered on to the official
United Nations
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ISO-3166 list in 2006.
Second-level domains
Since 2000, names have been registered principally directly under the country code.
However the following legacy sub-domain are still open for registration
* .co.je: commercial/personal domains
* .net.je:
Internet service provider
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s and commercial
* .org.je: organisations (free to local good causes)
* .sch.je: schools, primary and secondary education
References
External links
IANA .je whois informationIsland Networks website
Country code top-level domains
Jersey
Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members
Computer-related introductions in 1996
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