.ac

Introduced	1997
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Ascension Island Network Information Centre (run by Internet Computer Bureau)
Sponsor	Cable and Wireless (Ascension Island)
Intended use	Entities connected with Ascension Island
Actual use	Various uses, sometimes connected to education and academia; a few sites actually on Ascension Island
Registration restrictions	2nd-level registrant must have professional or academic qualification (apparently not actually enforced); 3rd level registrant must be resident on Ascension Island
Structure	Registrations are taken directly at the second level or at third level beneath various 2nd-level labels
Documents	Terms & Conditions; Rules
Dispute policies	Dispute Resolution Policy
Website	NIC.AC

.ac is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ascension Island. It is administered by NIC.AC, a subsidiary of the Internet Computer Bureau based in the United Kingdom.

Registration for this domain is open to anyone. The registry accepts registrations of internationalized domain names.^[1]

Although it is a ccTLD .ac is offered by some domain-brokers as a domain for the city of Aachen in Germany, using the analogy to the automotive license plate designation ("AC") for the city. The University of Kurdistan - Hawler also registers under this top-level domain as http://ukh.ac/, using it as a mnemonic for ‘academic’.

[edit] Second-level subdomains

There are five second-level domains:

• com.ac: Commercial Entities
• net.ac: Network Service Providers
• gov.ac: Government
• org.ac: Non-commercial Organizations
• mil.ac: Military

[edit] Other uses

.ac is also a second-level domain below a number of ccTLD of other countries for academic establishments (see .ac (second level)).

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• IANA .ac whois information
• .AC Domain Name Registry

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