.sch
Encyclopedia
In the domain name system
(DNS), .sch is a second-level domain
used by several countries, including Iran
(.ir
), Saudi Arabia
(.sa
), and the United Kingdom
(.uk
), as a subdomain to represent primary
and secondary
schools. In the United Kingdom, these are linked with area names, such that schools have a domain name of the form www...sch.uk. It is up to the individual countries whether to use this classification system, and whether a given organization qualifies as a school.
Domain name system
The Domain Name System is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities...
(DNS), .sch is a 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....
used by several countries, including Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
(.ir
.ir
.ir is the Internet country code top-level domain for Iran. It is managed by the Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics.- Second-level domains :* .ir – public...
), Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
(.sa
.sa
.sa is the Latin alphabet Internet country code top-level domain of Saudi Arabia. Domains of this type can be registered through SaudiNIC, a department of the Communication & Information Technology Commission...
), and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
(.uk
.uk
.uk is the Internet country code top-level domain for the United Kingdom. , it is the fourth most popular top-level domain worldwide , with over 9.5 million registrations....
), as a subdomain to represent primary
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
and secondary
Secondary education
Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...
schools. In the United Kingdom, these are linked with area names, such that schools have a domain name of the form www.
External links
- List of all top-level domains with their policies for second and third level domains at Mozilla, retrieved December 5, 2006
- Nominet UK .sch information