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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
San Marino
San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino, is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern slopes of the Apennine Mountains, it is the larger of two European microstates, microsta ...
.
The domain is administered by the Office of Information Technology, Data and Statistics and managed by
Telecom Italia San Marino
TIM San Marino S.p.A. (originally Intelcom S.p.A. and later Telecom Italia San Marino S.p.A.) is a Sammarinese telecommunications company, subsidiary of TIM S.p.A., mainly focused on VoIP services and other telephony services primarily targe ...
.
The domain is occasionally used as a
domain hack
A domain hack is a domain name that suggests a word, phrase, or name when concatenating two or more adjacent levels of that domain. For example, and , using the domains ''.bot'' and ''.le'', suggest the words ''robot'' and ''example'' respective ...
for sites ending in the
-ism
''-ism'' () is a suffix in many English grammar, English words, originally derived from the Ancient Greek suffix ('), and reached English language, English through the Latin , and the French language, French . It is used to create abstract noun ...
suffix.
References
External links
San Marino Registration Authority
Communications in San Marino
Country code top-level domains
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