.bz is the
Internet
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country code
A country code is a short alphanumeric identification code for countries and dependent areas. Its primary use is in data processing and communications. Several identification systems have been developed.
The term ''country code'' frequently re ...
top-level domain
A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domain name, 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 DNS root zone, root zone of the nam ...
(
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 tw ...
) for
Belize
Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a maritime boundary with Honduras to the southeast. P ...
. It is administered by the
University of Belize.
Usage
At one point, .bz domains were being marketed by an American company as standing for "business", and that company took legal action against
ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN ) is a global multistakeholder group and nonprofit organization headquartered in the United States responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several dat ...
in an attempt to block the
.biz domain as "
unfair competition
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".
Currently, the registry is in Belize, but is still marketing the domain outside the country as "meaning business".
Internationalized domains with a wide assortment of non-ASCII characters are also available.
Domains
There are some
second-level domain
In the Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy, a second-level domain (SLD or 2LD) is a domain that is directly below a top-level domain (TLD). For example, in , is the second-level domain of the TLD.
Second-level domains commonly refer to the organ ...
s in use, however these are not required:
It also might have use for
typosquatting
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for misspellings of
.biz domains.
Domain hack
Many websites in Italy use this domain, because of the abbreviation of
Bolzano
Bolzano ( ; ; or ) is the capital city of South Tyrol (officially the province of Bolzano), Northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third largest in historical Tyrol. The ...
, the capital of the province of
South Tyrol
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, and the fact that the official abbreviation of the province is BZ. Many websites use the Italian subdomain .bz.it.
Servers for the
open source
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game ''
BZFlag'' often use names ending in .bz.
See also
*
Internet in Belize
References
External links
IANA .bz whois information.bz Requirements and FAQs
Country code top-level domains
Telecommunications in Belize
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