.pt is the

Internet The Internet (or internet) is the Global network, global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a internetworking, network of networks ...

country code top-level domain 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 ...

(ccTLD) for

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

and is managed by Associação DNS.PT. It has the following

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: * .com.pt: no restrictions; online registration * .edu.pt: education * .gov.pt: Government of Portugal * .int.pt: international organizations or

diplomatic mission A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually denotes ...

s in Portugal * .net.pt: telecommunications providers * .nome.pt: individuals (''nome'' is Portuguese for name) * .org.pt:

Non-profit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

s * .publ.pt: publications (e.g. newspapers) As from the 1 May 2012 Registration directly at second-level is available, without restrictions.http://www.dns.pt www.dns.pt On the first week there was a 28984 new domains register under the .pt. Since July 1, 2005, some characters with

diacritics A diacritic (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or accent) is a glyph added to a letter or to a basic glyph. The term derives from the Ancient Greek (, "distinguishing"), from (, "to distinguish"). The word ''diacrit ...

have been supported in domain names ( IDN). Currently permitted characters: '' à'', '' á'', '' â'', '' ã'', '' ç'', '' é'', '' ê'', '' í'', '' ó'', '' ô'', '' õ'', '' ú'', '' ü''. These are the only accentuated characters used in Portuguese words. Apart from .gov.pt, Portuguese subdomains were slow to catch on, because many people had already registered under .pt when the new ones became available. Many companies, colleges and people still prefer to use a .pt because these are harder to get and simpler to remember. However, the .com.pt subdomain is being heavily promoted by the registry, and now has numerous registrations and active Web sites. Others such as .nome.pt for individuals are still uncommon. In the early years, FCCN () tried to keep control of the .pt domain using stringent rules, which were adjusted a number of times. The precedent set by domains which were already registered but which would not be able to be registered under updated rules led to lawyers requesting the registry of any domain based on the principle of equal treatment. When the situation was out of control, FCCN tried to promote subdomains like com.pt. Nevertheless, since the registration directly under .pt was still available, users tended to prefer these. It is estimated that the .pt suffix comprises a little less than 10% of all the Portuguese-language Internet. As of 3 August 2008, of the about 910 million pages google lists as being written in Portuguese (value obtained by addin
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. It is the third most popular Portuguese-language suffix, after .br and .com, and ahead of

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, .org and .info, all above 10 million pages.

References

External links

IANA .pt whois information

.PT domain registration website

Fundação para a Computação Científica Nacional (.pt registry)

List of accredited registrars
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