Associação DNS.PT is a

non-profit organisation 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 ...

responsible for administration, operation and maintenance of domain registrations in the .pt

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 ...

. It was created on 1 June 2013. Its founding members are the

Foundation for Science and Technology The Foundation for Science and Technology is a British charity, providing a neutral platform for debate of policy issues that have a science, technology or innovation element. Established in 1977, the Foundation brings together Parliamentar ...

, IP (FCT), the Association for Electronic Commerce and Interactive Advertising (ACEPI), and the Portuguese Association for Consumer Protection (DECO). DNS.PT is the designated IANA representative as responsible entity for the delegation of the .pt

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 ...

References

External links

DNS.PT Association
official website. Domain name registries Internet in Portugal {{Europe-org-stub