.st is the
Internet
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country code
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top-level domain
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(
ccTLD
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) for
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king
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. The code is marketed worldwide as an abbreviation for various entities.
Second-level domains
Registrations are taken directly at the second level, but some names have been reserved for use in specialized third-level registrations (though not all of these are actually in use at present):
* nic.st: Official ST domain registry (older: ''registry.st'')
* gov.st:
Government of São Tomé and Príncipe
* saotome.st: Island of
São Tomé
* principe.st: Island of
Príncipe
* consulado.st: São Tomé and Príncipe consulates
* embaixada.st: São Tomé and Príncipe embassies
* org.st: non-profit organisations
* edu.st: educational institutions
* net.st: network providers/operators, ISPs
* com.st: commercial entities
* store.st
* mil.st:
Armed Forces of São Tomé and Príncipe
* co.st
Other uses
The .st domain is being marketed as a general-use domain, with a number of meanings suggested, including the abbreviation of "street", "state", short for "
Star Trek
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" and more. The .st domain is also commonly used to create domain names that
spell words ending in st, such as ''bur.st'' or ''ho.st''. It is used for
URL shortening
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The Internet ...
domains like The Washington Post's ''wapo.st'', and
PlayStation
is a video gaming brand
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's ''play.st''.
Smalltalk
The
Smalltalk
Smalltalk is an object-oriented, dynamically typed reflective programming language
A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs. Most programming languages are text-based formal languages, but they may a ...
programming language uses the .st extension, and several websites about it use the .st domain.
Styria
The state of
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian
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, in
Austria
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A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political ent ...
, has ST as its unofficial but common abbreviation. Therefore, the .st extension is used by some small businesses located in
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and ...
.
South Tyrol
Also some registrations in
South Tyrol
it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol
, settlement_type = Autonomous area, Autonomous Provinces of Italy, province
, image_skyline = ...
, an autonomous, chiefly German-speaking
Italian province, use the .st extension to abbreviate ''Südtirol'', its
German name.
Stockholm
There is limited usage of .st in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden
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, Sweden, by smaller businesses and private people. Falck Emergency in Stockholm uses .st for all their employees in the ambulance service of the Swedish capital Stockholm. Since 2018 the city has its own top level domain, .stockholm.
Telstra
Australia's
Telstra, uses ''tel.st'' as a shortcut to its main website. The shortcut is occasionally used for marketing purposes.
Australia Post
Australia Post
Australia Post, formally the Australian Postal Corporation, is the government business enterprise that provides postal services in Australia. The head office of Australia Post is located in Bourke Street, Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwu ...
uses ''mypo.st'' as a shortcut to its site when sending SMS alerts.
Washington Post
The U.S. newspaper
The Washington Post
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A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink ...
uses ''wapo.st'' (along with ''wapo.com'') as a shortcut redirect to their main URL washingtonpost.com
References
External links
IANA .st whois information
{{DEFAULTSORT:ST
Country code top-level domains
Communications in São Tomé and Príncipe
Computer-related introductions in 1997
sv:Toppdomän#S