.dd
Introduced | Never |
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TLDtype | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Not in use |
Registry | None |
Sponsor | None |
Intended use | Entities connected withEast Germany |
Actual use | Only internally; unused sinceGerman reunification |
Registration restrictions | No registrations are now taking place |
Structure | Not in root |
Dispute policies | None |
Registry website | None |
.ddwas the assignedcountry code top-level domain(ccTLD) for theGerman Democratic Republic(East Germany). It was chosen based on theISO 3166-1 alpha-2code for theGerman Democratic Republic,the letters coming from theGermanname of the country,DeutscheDemokratische Republik.In accordance withIANApolicy,.dd was therefore available to be assigned as thecountry code top-level domain(ccTLD) for East Germany. However, this was never done, and so.dd was never added to theroot nameservers.Its only use was internally in an isolated network among the universities ofJenaandDresden.[1]
With thereunification of Germany,East Germany became part of theFederal Republic of Germany(West Germany), which had already been assigned the ccTLD.de.The ISO 3166-1 code "DD" was withdrawn in 1990.[2]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- "Toplevel-Domain DDR?".Newsgroup:de.admin.misc.1998-07-21.Usenet:[email protected].Retrieved2012-06-12.discussion on Usenet (German)