.tf
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.tf is the Internet
country code
top-level domain
(ccTLD) for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France
). Along with .fr
and .re
, it is administered by AFNIC
. Before October 23, 2004, Adamsnames, based in Cambridge, administered this TLD.
There is also an additional free service offering third-level .tf domains, under the name United Names Organisation. They occupy 14 second-level domains, including .eu.tf, .us.tf, .net.tf, and .edu.tf. They are run by the same company as smartdots.com, and are given away as URL redirection
s.
Part of this territory, according to the French government, is a section of the continent of Antarctica claimed by France, although this claim is not recognized by most other countries. This creates an overlap between the territory of .tf and the Antarctica domain .aq
.
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 the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
). Along with .fr
.fr
.fr is the country code top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet for France. Along with .re and .tf, it is administered by AFNIC.The .fr top-level domain is divided into a number of second-level domains:...
and .re
.re
.re is the Internet country code top-level domain for Réunion. Along with .fr and .tf, it is administered by AFNIC.AFNIC does not allow .re registrations from organisations or individuals outside Île de La Réunion....
, it is administered by AFNIC
AFNIC
AFNIC is a non-profit corporation that was created in December 1997 in order to operate a number of French country code top-level domain names such as .fr, .re and .tf. As of today, AFNIC is ruled under the 2007 February 6 decree...
. Before October 23, 2004, Adamsnames, based in Cambridge, administered this TLD.
There is also an additional free service offering third-level .tf domains, under the name United Names Organisation. They occupy 14 second-level domains, including .eu.tf, .us.tf, .net.tf, and .edu.tf. They are run by the same company as smartdots.com, and are given away as URL redirection
URL redirection
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s.
Part of this territory, according to the French government, is a section of the continent of Antarctica claimed by France, although this claim is not recognized by most other countries. This creates an overlap between the territory of .tf and the Antarctica domain .aq
.aq
.aq is the Internet country code top-level domain for Antarctica. It is reserved for organizations that conduct work in Antarctica or promote the Antarctic and Southern Ocean regions...
.