.at
Encyclopedia
.at is the Internet
country code
top-level domain
(ccTLD) for Austria
. It is administered by NIC.AT.
The .at top-level domain has a number of second-level domain
s. These are:
However, it is also possible to register directly at the second level. Given the number of English
words that end with -at, this presents the possibility for many domain hack
s. All second level domain names must be at least three characters long e.g. form.at or bor.at. Domain hacks treating "at" as a word in its own right (such as arrive.at) are also widespread.
Registrations of internationalized domain name
s are accepted.
Internet
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country code
Country code
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The best known of these is ISO 3166-1...
top-level domain
Top-level domain
A top-level domain is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in lower levels, it is the last part of the domain name, that is, the last label of a...
(ccTLD) for Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. It is administered by NIC.AT.
The .at top-level domain has a number of second-level domain
Second-level domain
In the Domain Name System hierarchy, a second-level domain is a domain that is directly below a top-level domain . For example, in example.com, example is the second-level domain of the .com TLD....
s. These are:
- .gv.at - for governmental institutions (registration is handled by the Austrian ChancelleryFederal Chancellery of AustriaIn the Austrian Federal Government, the Federal Chancellery is an agency serving the executive office of the Chancellor of Austria. Its primary function is to align the government's politics and information activities, it also represents the executive on federal level in matters concerning the...
) - .ac.at - for academic and educational institutions (registration is handled by the University of ViennaUniversity of ViennaThe University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
) - .co.at - intended for companies (unrestricted registration)
- .or.at - intended for organizations (unrestricted registration)
However, it is also possible to register directly at the second level. Given the number of English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
words that end with -at, this presents the possibility for many domain hack
Domain hack
A domain hack is an unconventional domain name that combines domain levels, especially the top-level domain , to spell out the full "name" or title of the domain. Examples include del.icio.us , goo.gl and fold.it...
s. All second level domain names must be at least three characters long e.g. form.at or bor.at. Domain hacks treating "at" as a word in its own right (such as arrive.at) are also widespread.
Registrations of internationalized domain name
Internationalized domain name
An internationalized domain name is an Internet domain name that contains at least one label that is displayed in software applications, in whole or in part, in a language-specific script or alphabet, such as Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Hindi or the Latin alphabet-based characters with diacritics,...
s are accepted.