.it
.it
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| Introduced
| 1987
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| TLD type
| Country code top-level domain
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| Status
| Active
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| Registry
| IT-NIC
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| Sponsor
| IIT-CNR
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| Intended use
| Entities connected with  Italy
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| Actual use
| Very popular in Italy
Commonly used as a domain hack in English-speaking countries
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| Registration restrictions
| Must be a resident of an EU country to register; registration requires sending paper or fax letter which must be completed in Italian
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| Structure
| Registration is permitted at second level; there are some third-level names beneath second-level labels, but these are not much used
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| Documents
| How to register
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| Dispute policies
| Dispute procedure
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| Website
| Italy NIC
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This article is about Internet country code. For audio tracker file format, see IT (mod format). .it is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Italy.
Because it is also the English word it, and many words end with -it, it is commonly used in the construction of domain hack domain names.
There are a number of reserved second-level domain names, for example domain names like italy.it or other names that are referring to geographical regions of Italy.
- gov.it is the official governmental domain, and its use is increasing rapidly.
- edu.it domain has been investigated, but its proposal was never formalized.
- domains in the form comune.<locality>.<province>.it and comune.<locality>.it are reserved to Italian municipalities.
- domains in the form provincia.<province>.it are reserved to Italian provinces.
- domains in the form regione.<region>.it are reserved to Italian regions.
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