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) for

Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...

. A .pr.us

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 ...

has been reserved for Puerto Rico under the .us locality namespace, but it is unused. Agencies of the

government of Puerto Rico The government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, organized under the Constitution of Puerto Rico since 1952, is a republican democracy modeled after the Federal Government of the United States. Under a system of separation of powers, the ...

use either .gov.pr or, more recently, subdomains of pr .gov, where the main government portal is located. In March 2010,

National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national Radio syndication, syndicator to a network of more ...

launched a URL shortener using the

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"n.pr". The domain is occasionally used by

public relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. Pu ...

firms.

Domains and sub domains

* .pr – for businesses, professionals, individuals, companies, etc. * .biz.pr – for businesses * .com.pr – for, but not restricted to, companies * .edu.pr – for educational institutions with presence in Puerto Rico * .gov.pr – for agencies of the

* .info.pr – for informative websites * .isla.pr – for people with presence in Puerto Rico * .name.pr – for individuals * .net.pr – for, but not restricted to, network oriented entities * .org.pr – for, but not restricted to, organizations * .pro.pr – for professionals * .est.pr – for university students * .prof.pr – for university professors * .ac.pr – for academics

External links

IANA .pr whois information

References

Country code top-level domains Telecommunications in Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-stub sv:Toppdomän#P

Domains and sub domains

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