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This article is about the country code top-level domain. For the file format see ar (Unix).
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| Introduced | 1987 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | NIC Argentina |
| Sponsor | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina |
| Intended use | Entities connected with  Argentina |
| Actual use | Very popular in Argentina |
| Registration restrictions | Must have contact with address in Argentina, but registrant may be foreign; some subdomains have particular restrictions |
| Structure | Registrations are at third level beneath second level labels |
| Documents | Government resolution on domain registration |
| Website | NIC Argentina |
.ar is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Argentina. It is administered by NIC Argentina.
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Second Level Domains
- .com.ar (general purpose)
- .edu.ar (educational entities)
- .gob.ar (government entities, homonym for .gov.ar)[1]
- .gov.ar (government entities)
- .int.ar (international organizations)
- .mil.ar (military forces)
- .net.ar (locally based ISPs)
- .org.ar (non-profit organizations)
- .tur.ar (officially registered tourism agencies)
Although there are some exceptions, all of them belonging to public and governmental organizations:
Special characters
In November 2008, a resolution approved the use of special characters in domain names, including ñ, á, é, í ó, ú, ä, ë, ï, ö, and ü. The .gob.ar domain was also approved for government entities (.gob stands for "gobierno", government in Spanish).[2]
References
- ^ "7 de agosto de 2008". Nic.ar. Archived from the original on 03 December 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20081203234941/http://www.nic.ar/faqgob.html. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ "Aprueban la incorporación de la letra Ñ a los dominios argentinos en Internet". infobaeprofesional.com. Archived from the original on 06 February 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090206121536/http://tecnologia.infobaeprofesional.com/notas/65356-Aprueban-la-incorporacion-de-la-letra-N-a-los-dominios-argentinos-en-Internet.html?cookie. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
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