.re is the
Internet
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country code
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical
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top-level domain
A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical and distributed naming system for computers, services, and other resources in the ...
(
ccTLD) for
Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label=Réunion Creole, Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region ...
(a
French island located in the
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia
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, east of
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest o ...
). Along with
.fr,
.tf, and
.ovh, it is administered by
AFNIC.
In recent years, the .re TLD has been increasingly used for
real estate
Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more genera ...
–related domains (RE = Real Estate), including place names (neighborhoods, cities, countries, etc.), real estate companies, developers/projects, property-related websites, and individual realtors and estate agents around the world. The .re domain has also been applied to insurance and reinsurance companies (e.g. swiss.re), those involved with
reverse engineering, and as
domain hacks for words ending in .re (for example, adventu.re or nearfutu.re), similar to contractions used with other TLDs (for example, websites such as bit.ly and delicio.us). Domains with the .re TLD can be registered with some of the largest online registrars such as Name.com, as well as most European domain registrars.
Since 6 December 2011, the rules for registering French domains have shifted. The owner of a domain no longer needs to be based in France or
Overseas France
Overseas France (french: France d'outre-mer) consists of 13 French-administered territories outside Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the ...
anymore, with all European individuals, companies and organizations able register domains of France or its possessions.
Two-character domains
.re allows two-character domains with at least one number. So, m7.re or 42.re are acceptable, while fi.re is not.
Second-level domains
In addition to direct second level registrations, registrations have been made at the third level beneath these names:
* .asso.re: associations
* .nom.re: surnames
* .com.re: commercial (unrestricted registration)
* .can.re: Unconditional and Undocumented (Registrar:
Yöncü Bilişim Çözümleribr>
www.yoncu.com
Starting December 6, 2011, domain names at the official subdomains can no longer be registered. The owner of such domain names can renew their existing domains.
See also
*
.eu: CC TLD for the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its gre ...
*
.fr: CC TLD for the
Republic of France
*
Internet in France
Internet in France has been available to the general public since 1994, but widespread Internet use did not take off until the mid-2000s. As of 31 December 2014, France had 26 million Internet broadband and high-speed connections on fixed networks. ...
*
ISO 3166-2:RE
References
External links
IANA .re whois informationAFNICCharte de nommage des extensions françaises
Country code top-level domains
Réunion
Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members
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