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==Generic ccTLDs== '''Generic Country Code Top-Level Domain''' or '''gccTLD''' refers to those TLDs which are technically "non-restricted ccTLDs" but used like traditional generic TLDs ([[gTLDs]]) rather than "country"-targeted ones.<ref>{{cite web|title=What is gccTLD?|website=dynadot.com|url=https://www.dynadot.com/community/help/question/what-is-gcctld|access-date=2021-01-03|archive-date=2021-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112055243/https://www.dynadot.com/community/help/question/what-is-gcctld|url-status=live|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=What you should know about gccTDLs and organic search|date=Nov 2016|website=name.com|url=https://www.name.com/blog/domains/2016/11/what-you-should-know-about-gcctlds-and-organic-search|access-date=2021-01-03|archive-date=2021-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112091452/https://www.name.com/blog/domains/2016/11/what-you-should-know-about-gcctlds-and-organic-search/|url-status=live|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=gccTLD generic country-code domains|website=dynadot.com|url=https://www.dynadot.com/community/blog/gcctld-generic-country-code-domains.html|access-date=2021-01-03|archive-date=2021-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112002733/https://www.dynadot.com/community/blog/gcctld-generic-country-code-domains.html|url-status=live|language=en}}</ref> Most of the gccTLDs are primarily used as [[domain hack]]s: {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible sticky-header" |- ! scope="col" | gccTLD ! scope="col" | Country/Region ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Domain hacks |- | [[.ac]] || [[Ascension Island]] || {{Unbulleted list|academic|accounting|acknowledge|[[Air conditioning]]|[[alternating-current]]}} |- | [[.ad]] || [[Andorra]] || [[advertising]] |- | [[.ag]] || [[Antigua and Barbuda]] || [[Aktiengesellschaft]] (German for corporation) |- | [[.ai]] || [[Anguilla]] || [[Artificial intelligence]] |- | [[.al]] || [[Albania]] || [[Alabama]] |- | [[.am]] || [[Armenia]] || {{Unbulleted list|[[United States|American]]|[[AM broadcasting]]|radio and podcasts}} |- | [[.ar]] || [[Argentina]] || {{Unbulleted list|[[Arkansas]]|[[Augmented reality]]}} |- | [[.as]] || [[American Samoa]] || {{Unbulleted list|[[Asturias]]|[[Autonomous system (Internet)|autonomous system]]|[[aktieselskab]]/[[aksjeselskap]]}} |- | [[.az]] || [[Azerbaijan]] || {{Unbulleted list|[[Arizona]]|[[Azores]]}} |- | [[.bz]] || [[Belize]] || {{Unbulleted list|[[Bolzano]]|business|<code>[[.biz|biz]]</code> alike}} |- | [[.ca]] || [[Canada]] || [[California]] |- | [[.cc]] || [[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]] || {{Unbulleted list|cricket club|[[Credit Card]]|[[Cycling club]]|[[Christian Church]]|[[Catholic Church]]|[[Creative Commons]]|[[Cape Cod]]|company|<code>[[.com|com]]</code> alike}} |- | [[.cd]] || [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]] || [[Compact disc]] |- | [[.co]] || [[Colombia]] || {{Unbulleted list|company|<code>[[.com|com]]</code> alike|[[Colorado]]}} |- | [[.cu]] || [[Cuba]] || "''see you''" |- | [[.cv]] || [[Cape Verde]] || [[curriculum vitae]] |- | [[.de]] || [[Germany]] || [[Delaware]] |- | [[.dj]] || [[Djibouti]] || [[Disc jockey]] |- | [[.fm]] || [[Federated States of Micronesia]] || {{Unbulleted list|[[FM broadcasting]]|radio and podcasts}} |- | [[.ga]] || [[Gabon]] || [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |- | [[.gl]] || [[Greenland]] || [[Google]] (using ''.goo.gl'') |- | [[.gg]] || [[Bailiwick of Guernsey]] || {{Unbulleted list|[[Glossary of video game terms#GG|Good Game]]|[[Google]]}} |- | [[.io]] || [[British Indian Ocean Territory]] || {{Unbulleted list|[[Input/Output]]|<code>[[.info|info]]</code> alike}} |- | [[.il]] || [[Israel]] || [[Illinois]] |- | [[.in]] || [[India]] || [[Indiana]] |- | [[.is]] || [[Iceland]] || ''it.is'', ''that.is'', etc. |- | [[.it]] || [[Italy]] || [[Information technology]] |- | [[.kg]] || [[Kyrgyzstan]] || [[Keygen]] |- | [[.ky]] || [[Cayman Islands]] || [[Kentucky]] |- | [[.la]] || [[Laos]] || {{Unbulleted list|[[Los Angeles]]|[[Louisiana]]|[[Mozilla]]|[[Tesla, Inc.|Tesla]]|[[Digikala]]|[[Latin America]]}} |- | [[.ly]] || [[Libya]] || words ending in -ly |- | [[.ma]] || [[Morocco]] || [[Massachusetts]] |- | [[.md]] || [[Moldova]] || {{Unbulleted list|[[Medicine]]|[[Markdown]]|[[Maryland]]}} |- | [[.me]] || [[Montenegro]] || {{Unbulleted list|me (personal homepage)|[[Maine]]|[[Middle East]]}} |- | [[.mn]] || [[Mongolia]] || [[Minnesota]] |- | [[.ms]] || [[Montserrat]] || {{Unbulleted list|[[Microsoft]]|[[Mississippi]]|[[Mato Grosso do Sul]]|[[Münster]]|master}} |- | [[.mt]] || [[Malta]] || [[Montana]] |- | [[.ne]] || [[Niger]] || [[Nebraska]] |- | [[.nu]] || [[Niue]] || {{Unbulleted list|new|now|nude}} |- | [[.pa]] || [[Panama]] || {{Unbulleted list|[[Pennsylvania]]|[[Public address system|Public Address]]}} |- | [[.pe]] || [[Peru]] || [[Private equity]] |- | [[.pn]] || [[Pitcairn]] || [[Phone number]] |- |[[.pr]] |[[Puerto Rico]] |[[Public relations]] |- | [[.pw]] || [[Palau]] || Professional web |- | [[.re]] || [[Réunion]] || [[Reverse engineering]] |- | [[.rs]] || [[Serbia]] || [[Rust (programming language)|Rust]] |- | [[.sc]] || [[Seychelles]] || {{Unbulleted list|[[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]]|[[South Carolina]]|[[SoundCloud]]|[[Snapchat]]|[[Computer security|Security]]}} |- | [[.sd]] || [[Sudan]] || {{Unbulleted list|[[SD card]]|[[South Dakota]]}} |- | [[.sh]] || [[Saint Helena]] || {{Unbulleted list|[[Shell (computing)|Shell]]|[[Schleswig-Holstein]]}} |- | [[.sx]] || [[Sint Maarten]] || "''sex''" |- | [[.tf]] || [[French Southern and Antarctic Lands]] || {{Unbulleted list|[[Team Fortress 2|Team Fortress]]|[[Terraform (software)|Terraform]]}} |- | [[.tk]] || [[Tokelau]] || {{Unbulleted list|tech|[[Hi-tech]]|[[BitTorrent tracker|tracker]]}} |- | [[.tm]] || [[Turkmenistan]] || [[Trademark]] |- | [[.tn]] || [[Tunisia]] || [[Tennessee]] |- | [[.to]] || [[Tonga]] || link-to |- | [[.tv]] || [[Tuvalu]] || television and broadcasts |- | [[.ws]] || [[Samoa|Western Samoa]] || {{Unbulleted list|website|websocket|world site|west}} |- | [[.yt]] || [[Mayotte]] || [[YouTube]] |}
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