.tw
Encyclopedia
.tw is the Internet
country code
top-level domain
(ccTLD) for the Republic of China
(Taiwan). The domain name is based on the ISO 3166-1
alpha-2
country code TW
. The registry is maintained by TWNIC. Registrations are accepted by commercial registrars. Neulevel
has entered into a partnership with TWNIC to market the tw outside Taiwan.
ICANN
assigned two internationalized domain name
s (IDN) for Taiwan on June 25, 2010:
No registrations under these domain have been conducted as of August 2010.
Registrations under tw are possible in second-level space or under various domains as third-level domains:
Domain names in Chinese character
s may also be registered at the second level. Furthermore, any registrant of a standard domain name who has chosen a domestic registrar may automatically get two more domain names in Chinese characters in the following second-level domain
s: 網路.tw, 組織.tw and 商業.tw. These second-level domains correspond to net.tw, org.tw and com.tw, respectively.
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 the Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
(Taiwan). The domain name is based on the ISO 3166-1
ISO 3166-1
ISO 3166-1 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation of names...
alpha-2
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest...
country code TW
ISO 3166-2:TW
ISO 3166-2:TW is the entry for Taiwan in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1...
. The registry is maintained by TWNIC. Registrations are accepted by commercial registrars. Neulevel
NeuStar
Neustar, Inc. is a provider of clearinghouse and directory services to the global communications and Internet industries.-History:Neustar was incorporated in Delaware in 1998. It started as a business unit within Lockheed Martin Corporation...
has entered into a partnership with TWNIC to market the tw outside Taiwan.
ICANN
ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is a non-profit corporation headquartered in Marina del Rey, California, United States, that was created on September 18, 1998, and incorporated on September 30, 1998 to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly...
assigned two 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 (IDN) for Taiwan on June 25, 2010:
- 台灣 - taiwan in traditional Chinese characters (DNS name: xn--kpry57d)
- 台湾 - taiwan in simplified Chinese characters (DNS name: xn--kprw13d)
No registrations under these domain have been conducted as of August 2010.
Registrations under tw are possible in second-level space or under various domains as third-level domains:
- edu.tw: for educational and academic institutions
- gov.tw: for ROC government agencies, operated by the Republic of China (Taiwan)Republic of ChinaThe Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
- mil.tw: for the Republic of China Armed Forces, operated by the Republic of China (Taiwan)Republic of ChinaThe Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
- com.tw: for companies or firms (Taiwanese or foreign) registered under the laws of their country
- net.tw: for network or telecommunications license holders
- org.tw: for non-profit organizations (Taiwanese or foreign) established according to the laws of their country
- idv.tw: for individuals (must verify their identity by e-mail)
- game.tw: unrestricted (but registrant must verify their identity by email)
- ebiz.tw: unrestricted (but registrant must verify their identity by email)
- club.tw: unrestricted (but registrant must verify their identity by email)
- tw: unrestricted
Domain names in Chinese character
Chinese character
Chinese characters are logograms used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese , less frequently Korean , formerly Vietnamese , or other languages...
s may also be registered at the second level. Furthermore, any registrant of a standard domain name who has chosen a domestic registrar may automatically get two more domain names in Chinese characters in the following 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: 網路.tw, 組織.tw and 商業.tw. These second-level domains correspond to net.tw, org.tw and com.tw, respectively.