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Internet country code top-level domain for Poland

Summary

Internet country code top-level domain for Poland

Field	Value
name	.pl
image	DNS-NASK.svg
image_size	220px
introduced
type	Country code
status	Active
registry	NASK
sponsor	NASK
intendeduse	Entities connected with Poland
actualuse	Very popular in Poland
restrictions	No restrictions stated
structure	Registrations can be made directly at second level, or at third level beneath various second level labels
disputepolicy	PIIT arbitration (for Polish entities)
WIPO expedited arbitration (for foreign entities)
website	dns.pl
dnssec	yes
registereddomains	2,467,559
dateregistereddomains	30 September 2020
refregistereddomains

WIPO expedited arbitration (for foreign entities) **** is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Poland, administered by NASK, the Polish research and development organization. It is one of the founding members of CENTR.

History

The domain was created in 1990, following the mitigation of the COCOM embargo on technological collaboration with post-communist countries. The first subdomain in was , belonging to the Wrocław University of Technology.

In 2008 the number of registered .pl domain names exceeded one million, whereas at the end of 2013 the registry comprised more than 2.4 million domain names.

Each domain must be registered in the National Domain Name Registry.

Second-level domains

Several functional and regional domain endings exist. Most popular are:

Functional domains

, , : commercial entities
: network infrastructure
: art
: education
: government
: (general) information
: military
: NGOs and not-for-profit organizations

Regional domains

There are 118 regional domain endings in the zone. Some of them are:

: Białystok (city)
: Częstochowa (city)
, : Gdańsk (city)
: Gorzów Wielkopolski (city)
: Katowice (city)
: Kraków (city)
: Lublin (city)
: Małopolska (region)
: Mazowsze (region)
: Olsztyn (city)
: Piła (city)
: Poznań (city)
: Rzeszów (city)
: Szczecin (city)
: Śląsk (region)
: Toruń (city)
, : Wrocław (city)
, : Warsaw (city)
: Zielona Góra (city)

References

Wikipedia Source

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