.gr is the
country code top-level domain
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet
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(ccTLD) for
Greece
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. Registrations are processed via accredited registrars and
domain name
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s in
Greek characters may also be registered.
Second level domains
There are five official second level domains:
* com.gr: for those engaging in commercial activities.
* edu.gr: for educational institutions.
* net.gr: Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and network providers.
* org.gr: non-profit organizations.
* gov.gr: exclusively for governmental organizations.
There are some other unofficial second level domains that belong to registrars offering third level domain name registrations.
* mil.gr: Exclusively for military purposes.
* mod.gr:
Ministry of Defence
* sch.gr: local education authorities, schools, primary and secondary education, community education.
* co.gr: for commercial use (generally not as widely used as .com.gr).
Alternative top domain
Greece applied for the internationalized country code top-level domain (IDN ccTLD) .ελ (.ΕΛ in capital letters) for domain names composed of letters of the Greek alphabet. This was turned down by
ICANN
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in April 2011 because it was too visually similar to .EA in Latin letters should ICANN ever implement such a TLD (EA is an
exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code element for
Ceuta &
Melilla).
In 2014, ICANN decided to allow Greece to have the domain .ελ.
The right to this top-level domain was handed over to Greece in October 2015, and it became operational on the Internet on 10 July 2018.
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For the first three months, domains already held under .gr as they already were in Latin or Greek letters or transcribed into Greek characters could be obtained for .ελ only by the holder of that .gr domain.
References
External links
.gr registry website
Whois for .gr domain names
co.gr registration policies
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Country code top-level domains
Internet in Greece
Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members
Computer-related introductions in 1989
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