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===United Kingdom=== In the [[United Kingdom]], the second-level domain names are standard and branch off from the [[top-level domain]]. For example: * .ac.uk: [[academic]] ([[tertiary education]], [[further education colleges]] and [[research institute|research establishments]]) and [[learned society|learned societies]] * .co.uk: general use (usually [[Commercial enterprise|commercial]]) * .gov.uk: [[government]] (central and local) * .judiciary.uk: [[court]]s (to be introduced in the near future)<ref>{{cite web |title=UK court systems set to adopt judiciary.uk domain names |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15860533 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=23 November 2011 |access-date=26 February 2014 |archive-date=4 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704235839/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15860533 |url-status=live }}</ref> * .ltd.uk: [[limited company|limited companies]] * .me.uk: general use (usually [[person]]al) * .mod.uk: [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] and [[HM Forces]] public sites * .net.uk: [[ISP]]s and [[Telecommunications company|network companies]] (unlike [[.net]], use is restricted to these users) * .nhs.uk: [[National Health Service]] institutions * .nic.uk: [http://www.nic.uk/registrars/becomeregistrar/taglist/ network use only] ([[Nominet UK]]) * .org.uk: general use (usually for [[non-profit organisation]]s) * .parliament.uk: parliamentary use (only for the [[UK Parliament]] and the [[Scottish Parliament]]) * .plc.uk: [[public limited company|public limited companies]] * .police.uk: [[UK police|police forces]] * .sch.uk: [[Local education authority|Local Education Authorities]], [[school]]s, [[Primary education|primary]] and [[secondary education]], [[community education]]
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