:''.mo can also refer to the file extension of binary files that have been compiled from .po files using
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.mo is the
Internet
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country code
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 term ...
top-level domain
A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet after the root domain. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in ...
(
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
Macau, China
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a po ...
.
The registry for this domain name is operated by the Macao Network Information Centre (MONIC). Operated by the
University of Macau
The University of Macau (UM; Portuguese: ''Universidade de Macau'', Chinese: 澳門大學) is an internationalised public comprehensive university in Macau. The UM campus is located in the east of Hengqin Island, Guangdong province in Mainlan ...
since 1992, MONIC administers the registration of the country-code domain names ccTLD.
To further promote the development of services, the
Government of Macau
The Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region (; Portuguese: Governo da R.A.E. de Macau; conventional short name Macau Government, 澳門政府, Governo de Macau), are headed by secretariats or commissioners and report directly t ...
changed the operation entity of MONIC. Effective from 12 March 2011, HNET Asia Limited
HNET Asia Limited
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HNET aims at optimising and developing the Macau domain name. It will be contributing to the development of the internet industry in Macau, as well as deploying Chinese domain names (including at the Top-Level, .澳門), DNSSEC and other capabilities for the registry.
At present, domain names are open to local businesses and organisations and cannot be registered by the general public.
Domain name registration
Second-level Domain name registrations:
*.mo, .澳門 - commercial entities in Macau
Third-level Domain name registrations:
*.com.mo, .公司.mo, .公司.澳門 - commercial entities
*.edu.mo, .教育.mo, .教育.澳門 - educational institutions
*.gov.mo, .政府.mo, .政府.澳門 - government departments
*.net.mo, .網絡.mo, .網絡.澳門 - network service providers
*.org.mo, .組織.mo, .組織.澳門 - non-profit organizations
Internationalised top level domain
In early 2015 two new top level domains were reserved for Macau. They are .澳门 (in simplified Chinese) and .澳門 (in traditional Chinese). MONIC has requested these domains.
See also
* .hk (Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
)
* .cn
.cn is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the People's Republic of China introduced on 28 November 1990. Domain name administration in mainland China is managed through a branch of the Ministry of Industry and Information. The registr ...
(Mainland China
"Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China ...
)
References
External links
IANA .mo whois information
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Country code top-level domains
Communications in Macau
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