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.vc is the Internet
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 (ccTLD) for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....

. Registration is open worldwide, and it has been used for a variety of sites not necessarily related to that location; it can also be seen as standing for "Venture Capital", "Ventura County", "Viet Cong", "Version Control", or other things, like an infomal, but common, abbreviation of "você" ("you", in portuguese). In this way, ".com.vc" is undestood in portuguese like ".with.you".

Note to ISOC Chart: 1. On October 31, 2000, the .VC registry operations contract was awarded to Tucows by the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Tucows serviced .VC through their Liberty RMS wholly owned subsidiary. On March 25, 2002, Afilias acquired Liberty RMS from Tucows, and the binding registry operations contract for the .VC ccTLD was assigned to Afilias by Tucows. Afilias is the current .VC ccTLD registry operator. We are awaiting acknowledgment of the assignment from St. Vincent and the Grenadines. .VC names began to be registered by the public on July 9, 2002 and began resolving in August, 2002

External links

http://www.afilias-grs.info/vc Authorized Registrars

http://www.afilias-grs.info/vc-st-vincent-and-grenadines Rules
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