.cz

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Top-level domain .cz
introduction January 13, 1993
category country-specific
Registry CZ.NIC, zspo
Award unrestricted
number 1.1 million (as of January 2015)

.cz is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Czech Republic . It was introduced on January 13, 1993 and has since been managed by the CZ.NIC company based in Prague . Before Czechoslovakia was divided into the independent states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993 , the federal state of Czechoslovakia used the abbreviation .cs .

properties

To order a .cz domain, it is not necessary to have a place of residence or a branch in the country. The ending is open to any natural or legal person , the allocation takes between one and three days. In total, a .cz domain can be between one and 63 characters long, so addresses such as x.cz are also possible. Domains that are not renewed by the owner are initially blocked for registrations by third parties. The period was initially 45 days and was extended to 60 days in 2011.

Compared to other top-level domains, the registry of .cz has expressly spoken out against internationalized domain names . A survey was carried out back in 2008 in which, according to CZ.NIC, over 60 percent of users spoke out against .cz domains with special characters . The result was confirmed by a further survey in December 2010 with an even greater rejection.

distribution

According to official information from the registry, over 850,000 .cz domains were registered at the end of 2011. More than two thirds of the owners of a .cz domain were male, with most registrations coming from the cities of Prague near Brno .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Registered .cz domains. In: Domains.info. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014 ; accessed on January 27, 2015 (current .cz domain number).
  2. .cz domain. united-domains , accessed on January 11, 2013 ("Meaning" tab).
  3. Delegation Record for .CZ. IANA , accessed January 11, 2013 .
  4. Florian Hitzelberger: New EU countries in the domain test. In: domain-right. May 5, 2004, accessed December 19, 2013 .
  5. Properties of a .cz domain. united-domains. Retrieved January 11, 2013 .
  6. Florian Hitzelberger: News from .cz, .na and .immobilie. In: domain-right. October 26, 2011, accessed December 19, 2013 .
  7. Florian Hitzelberger: News from .cz, .bg and .au. In: domain-right. December 9, 2008, accessed January 11, 2013 .
  8. Florian Hitzelberger: News from .cz, .is and .bank. In: domain-right. December 8, 2010, accessed January 11, 2013 .
  9. Annual Report. (PDF) CZNIC, October 2, 2012, accessed on January 11, 2013 (English, 1.8 MB in size).
  10. Florian Hitzelberger: News from .cz, .de, .at and .sport. In: domain-right. June 16, 2010, accessed December 19, 2013 .