.eg
| Introduced | 1990 |
|---|---|
TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | Egyptian Universities Network |
| Sponsor | Egyptian Universities Network |
| Intended use | Entities connected with  Egypt |
| Actual use | Popular in Egypt |
| Structure | Registrations are at the second level, and at the third level beneath various second-level labels |
| Registry Website | Registration info |
.eg is the Latin alphabet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Egypt. Any entity who wants to register a domain name ending with .eg must have a local representative or the domain name has to be hosted on Egyptian DNS servers. Egypt's Arabic alphabet ccTLD is .مصر.[1][2]
During the 2011 Egyptian protests, domain .eg was shut down by the government.[3]
Second-level domains
There are eleven second-level domains. Registrations are possible at the second level (directly under .eg) or at the third level beneath these names.
.ac.eg: Academic sites.
.adn.eg: Experimental purposes related to the Arabic domain name.
.com.eg: Commercial sites.
.edu.eg: Educational sites.
.eun.eg: Egyptian Universities Network.
.gov.eg: Governmental sites.
.info.eg: Information sector.
.mil.eg: Military sites.
.name.eg: Personal "name" websites.
.net.eg: Networking.
.org.eg: Egyptian organizations.
.sci.eg: Scientific sites.
.sport.eg: Sports sites.
.tv.eg: Visual media.
Examples of domain names registered at the second level: nic.eg, bibalex.eg, coke.eg, orange.eg, nile.eg.
References
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^ 'Historic' day as first non-latin web addresses go live, BBC, 6 May 2010.
^ Egyptian Internet shutdown by government, CNN, January 28, 2011.
External links
- IANA .eg whois information
- .eg domain registration website
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