.sg
Encyclopedia
.sg is the Internet
country code
top-level domain
(ccTLD) for Singapore
. It is administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre
. Registrations are processed via accredited registrars.
In 2011, two new internationalized country code top-level domains were registered for Singapore, intended for domain names in the local languages. These domains will get domain names and working sites during 2011. These domains are .新加坡 and .சிங்கப்பூர்.
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 Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. It is administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre
Singapore Network Information Centre
Singapore Network Information Centre is the National Internet Registry for Singapore. It manages the .sg top level domain.Formed in October 1995, the SGNIC took over the operation of Domain Name Registration Services in November 1995...
. Registrations are processed via accredited registrars.
In 2011, two new internationalized country code top-level domains were registered for Singapore, intended for domain names in the local languages. These domains will get domain names and working sites during 2011. These domains are .新加坡 and .சிங்கப்பூர்.
Second-level domains
- .com.sg.com.sg.com.sg is a country code second-level domain in the .sg namespace, and is administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre. Only companies with commercial interests and which are registered with the Registry of Companies and Businesses, IE Singapore or any professional body in Singapore...
- Commercial entities - .net.sg.net.sg.net.sg is a country code second-level domain in the .sg namespace, administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre. It is available only to network providers and info-com operators licensed by the Info-Communications Development Authority ....
- Network providers and info-com operators - .org.sg.org.sg.org.sg is a country-code second-level domain in the .sg namespace, and is administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre. It is meant for non-profit organizations which are registered with the Registry of Societies in Singapore....
- Organisations in the Registry of Societies - .gov.sg.gov.sg.gov.sg is a country code second-level domain in the .sg namespace, administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre. It is used for Singapore government organizations....
- Government organizations - .edu.sg.edu.sg.edu.sg is a country code second-level domain in the .sg namespace, administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre. It is available to Singapore educational institutions registered with the Ministry of Education ....
- Educational institutions - .per.sg.per.sg.per.sg is a country code second-level domain in the .sg namespace, administered by the Singapore Network Information Centre. It is used for Singapore's personal domains....
- Personal domain names - .idn.sg - Chinese & Tamil Domain Names (on trial from 4 July 2005 - 3 January 2006)
- .sg - Open to all with a valid Singapore postal address.