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nic.at

Coordinates:47°49′22″N13°02′32″E/ 47.8228°N 13.0421°E/47.8228; 13.0421
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nic.at GmbH
Formerlynic.at Internet Verwaltungs- und Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.(until 19 October 2012)
Company typeGmbH
Founded1998
Headquarters,
Austria
OwnerInternet Foundation Austria(since 2000)
Websitenic.at

nic.at GmbH,based inSalzburg,is thedomain name registryfor thecountry code top-level domain.at."AT" is theISO 3166country code forAustria.Nic.at is owned by theInternet Foundation Austriaand has 30 employees. From 1988 until 1998, theUniversity of Viennawas the domain name registry for.at domains.[1]

Tasks of nic.at include:

  • Providing information about the domain registration and management, for example, WHOIS queries
  • Central registration and administration of Austria-wide domain names ending in.at,.co.at (company)..or.at (organizational)

TheZentraler Informatikdienst[Central Computer Science Service] of the University of Vienna administers the academic domain.ac.atwhich is exclusively reserved for the academic and school environment.[2]TheFederal Chancellery of Austriaadministers the governmental domain,.gv.at.[3]

External links[edit]

  • "nic.at the austrian registry"(in German). Archived fromthe originalon 2014-12-18.Retrieved2020-04-17.
  • "The Domain Name Council".

References[edit]

  1. ^Rastl, Peter (June 2000)."It started at the University of Vienna - 10 years of Internet in Austria"[Es begann an der Uni Wien 10 Jahre Internet in Österreich].comment.univie.ac.at(in German). Vienna, Austria:University of Vienna.Retrieved2014-02-10.
  2. ^"ACOnet: Services".aco.net.Vienna, Austria:University of Vienna.Retrieved2017-07-30.
  3. ^"Domänenverwaltung GV.AT: IT und Infrastruktur: E-Government: Digitales Österreich"[Domain Management GV.AT: IT Infrastructure and E-Government: Digital Austria].digitales.oesterreich.gv.at(in German). Vienna, Austria: Digital Austria,Federal Chancellery of Austria.Retrieved2017-07-30.

47°49′22″N13°02′32″E/ 47.8228°N 13.0421°E/47.8228; 13.0421