.lr
Encyclopedia
.lr is the Internet
country code
top-level domain
(ccTLD) for Liberia
. Before 2003 the registration was limited to those with a local presence and intent to use the domain. Since 2003 these limitations no longer exist.
.lr is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Liberia. (the Network Information Centre responsible for .lr domains) does not require specific second-level domains, as it is the case with the .uk domain range for example.
The name is based on the first two letters of the Liberian name for Liberia.
The first point of registration for .lr domains was at the Data Technology Solution, in the future the exclusive registration will be done by Internet Marketing Management Consulting (IMMC).
It will be allowed the registration of single- and two-letter domains as well as number-only domains.
Registrations of internationalized domain names are also accepted so that all diacritics of Europe and Cyrillic will be allowed.
Internet
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country code
Country code
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The best known of these is ISO 3166-1...
top-level domain
Top-level domain
A top-level domain is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in lower levels, it is the last part of the domain name, that is, the last label of a...
(ccTLD) for Liberia
Liberia
Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...
. Before 2003 the registration was limited to those with a local presence and intent to use the domain. Since 2003 these limitations no longer exist.
.lr is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Liberia. (the Network Information Centre responsible for .lr domains) does not require specific second-level domains, as it is the case with the .uk domain range for example.
The name is based on the first two letters of the Liberian name for Liberia.
The first point of registration for .lr domains was at the Data Technology Solution, in the future the exclusive registration will be done by Internet Marketing Management Consulting (IMMC).
It will be allowed the registration of single- and two-letter domains as well as number-only domains.
Registrations of internationalized domain names are also accepted so that all diacritics of Europe and Cyrillic will be allowed.
Third level domains
- com.lr: Commercial
- edu.lr: Schools granting baccalaureate degrees
- gov.lr: Governmental entities
- org.lr: Not for profit organizations
- net.lr: Network infrastructure (i.e.routers) only