.cz
Encyclopedia
.cz is the country code top-level domain
(ccTLD) for the Czech Republic
. It is administered by CZ.NIC
. Registrations must be ordered via accredited domain name registrar
s.
Before the split in 1993 former Czechoslovakia
used domain .cs
.
Country code top-level domain
A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
(ccTLD) for the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. It is administered by CZ.NIC
CZ.NIC
- History :CZ.NIC has been founded in 1998 as neutral operator of ccTLD domain .cz, previously managed by EUNet Czechia .CZ.NIC worked as policy making organisation, while technical operation has been outsourced ....
. Registrations must be ordered via accredited domain name registrar
Domain name registrar
A domain name registrar is an organization or commercial entity, accredited by both ICANN and generic top-level domain registry to sell gTLDs and/or by a country code top-level domain registry to sell ccTLDs; to manage the reservation of Internet domain names in accordance with the guidelines of...
s.
Before the split in 1993 former Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
used domain .cs
.cs
.cs was for several years the country code top-level domain for Czechoslovakia. However, the country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, and the two new countries were soon assigned their own ccTLDs: .cz and .sk respectively...
.