.ck is the
Internet
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country code
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top-level domain
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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 the
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately . The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers of ocean. Avarua is its ...
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Registration
Registrations are within these second-level categories:
Requirements
Pre-requisites for applying for a domain is as follows:
# Non-resident domain applications cost €222.00 (EUR) for a minimum of 2 years, and must be renewed every 2 years thereafter.
# Applications for a domain if it is already taken or is not affiliated with brand or name identity to you or your company e.g. 'nike.co.ck', 'mobil.co.ck', etc.
# Domains considered
profane will not be considered on any level, and the application will be dissolved with the applicant being notified, and future requests for the same domain name will be ignored. '.ck' domains are monitored on the web, on a regular basis for profanity on the Internet if it is found to be doing so, or if the site is deemed inappropriate, the domain will be terminated without notification or refund.
Usage of .co.ck
.co.ck has been used as a humorous domain suffix because of its similarity with the English
vulgarity "cock":
*In the
British sitcom
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Nathan Barley'', the principal character registers his website, "trashbat", in the Cook Islands simply so that it has the suffix, which he always pronounces "dot cock."
*One of the payloads of the
MEMZ trojan causes a user's computer to open satirical
Google searches under "Google.co.ck"
See also
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.nz
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.tk
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.nu
References
External links
IANA .ck whois informationRegistrar for .ck with policy details
Internet properties established in 1995
Country code top-level domains
Communications in the Cook Islands
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