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{{Short description|Internet country code top-level domain in Saint Helena}} {{For|the .sh file extension type|shell script}} {{Use British English|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox Top level domain | name = .sh | image = Nicsh.png | introduced = 23 September 1997 | type = [[Country code top-level domain]] | status = Active | registry = NIC.SH (run by [[Internet Computer Bureau]]) | sponsor = Government of [[Saint Helena]] | intendeduse = Entities connected with [[Saint Helena]] and [[Tristan da Cunha]] | actualuse = Various uses; a few sites actually on Saint Helena but most elsewhere. Used for [[domain hacks]] in English and other languages, for places and regions that can be abbreviated with ''sh'', and for some websites related to the [[Unix shell]] | restrictions = 2nd-level registrant must have a professional or academic qualification (apparently not actually enforced); 3rd-level registrant must be resident on Saint Helena | structure = Registrations are taken directly at the second level or the third level beneath various 2nd-level labels | document = [http://www.nic.sh/terms.htm Terms & Conditions]; [http://www.nic.sh/rules.htm Rules] | disputepolicy = [http://www.nic.sh/dres.html Dispute Resolution Policy] | website = [http://www.nic.sh/ NIC.SH] | dnssec = yes}} '''.sh''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code]] [[top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) for the [[British Overseas Territory]] of [[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]], although it is primarily used in [[Saint Helena]] ([[Ascension Island]] has its own ccTLD, [[.ac]]). Registrations of [[internationalized domain name]]s are also accepted.<ref>[http://www.nic.sh/SH-IDN-Policy.pdf .SH IDN Policy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925073224/http://www.nic.sh/SH-IDN-Policy.pdf |date=2014-09-25 }}, [http://www.nic.sh/ NIC], Saint Helena.</ref> On 22 February 2010, the [[ISO 3166-1]] code for [[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]] changed to reflect the SH used for the [[ccTLD]].
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