Masr (domain name)
| Introduced | 2010 |
|---|---|
| TLDtype | Internationalized country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | TE Data,InTouch,Vodafone Dataand theEgyptian Universities Network(EUN)[1] |
| Intended use | Entities connected with Egypt |
| Actual use | Limited use in Egypt. First site isموقع.وزارة-الاتصالات.مصر |
| Dispute policies | Dispute Resolution[dead link] |
| DNS name | xn--wgbh1c |
| Registry website | www |
مصر(lit. 'Egypt',romanizedasmasr[2]) is theinternationalized country code top-level domain(IDN ccTLD) in theDomain Name System(DNS) of theInternetforEgypt.[3][4]ItsASCIIDNS name isxn--wgbh1c,obtained by theInternationalizing Domain Names in Applications(IDNA) transcription method.
The domain was one of the first IDN ccTLDs installed in the DNS on 5 May 2010.[3]
Egypt's traditionalccTLDis.eg.
The first website of this top-level domain was a site of theEgyptian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology.After the2011 Egyptian Revolution,a website for a referendum was set up using this domain (استفتاء.مصر— literally,referendum[of].egypt).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^NTRA,Three Egyptian Companies Selected for Domain Name Registration Services under the Arabic Country Code Top Level Domain of Egypt “مصر.”
- ^Two New Licenses for (.masr) Domain Name Registration to Be Launched
- ^abFirst IDN ccTLDs available,ICANNannouncement, 2010-05-05
- ^'Historic' day as first non-latin web addresses go live,BBC,6 May 2010.
External links[edit]
- Dot Masr,Al-Ahram Weekly On-line, 13–19 May 2010
- Net milestone: Egypt gets first Arabic domain name,The Times of India,May 7, 2010
- Egypt business: Arabic domain name soon a reality,1 March 2010
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