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.us
.us is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States of America, established in 1985. Registrants of .us domains must be United States citizens, residents, or organizations, or a foreign entity with a presence in the United States. However, most registrants these days usually register for .com, .net, .org and other gTLDs rather than .us.
Originally, registrants could only register third-level domains or higher. In April 2002, second-level domains became available. The .us domain is administered by NeuStar Inc..
Second-level domains
- .ak.us: Alaska
- .al.us: Alabama
- .ar.us: Arkansas
- .az.us: Arizona
- .ca.us: California
- .co.us: Colorado
- .ct.us: Connecticut
- .dc.us: District of Columbia
- .de.us: Delaware
- .dni.us: distributed national institutes
- .fed.us: federal government agencies
- .fl.us: Florida
- .ga.us: Georgia
- .hi.us: Hawaii
- .ia.us: Iowa
- .id.us: Idaho
- .il.us: Illinois
- .in.us: Indiana
- .isa.us: interstate agencies
- .kids.us: content suitable for children under 13
- .ks.us: Kansas
- .ky.us: Kentucky
- .la.us: Louisiana
- .ma.us: Massachusetts
- .md.us: Maryland
- .me.us: Maine
- .mi.us: Michigan
- .mn.us: Minnesota
- .mo.us: Missouri
- .ms.us: Mississippi
- .mt.us: Montana
- .nc.us: North Carolina
- .nd.us: North Dakota
- .ne.us: Nebraska
- .nh.us: New Hampshire
- .nj.us: New Jersey
- .nm.us: New Mexico
- .nsn.us: native sovereign nations (federally recognized Native American tribes)
- .nv.us: Nevada
- .ny.us: New York
- .oh.us: Ohio
- .ok.us: Oklahoma
- .or.us: Oregon
- .pa.us: Pennsylvania
- .ri.us: Rhode Island
- .sc.us: South Carolina
- .sd.us: South Dakota
- .tn.us: Tennessee
- .tx.us: Texas
- .ut.us: Utah
- .vt.us: Vermont
- .va.us: Virginia
- .wa.us: Washington
- .wi.us: Wisconsin
- .wv.us: West Virginia
- .wy.us: Wyoming
Namespace within states (largely deprecated)
- <locality>.<state>.us: cities, counties, parishes, and townships
- ci.<locality>.<state>.us: city government agencies (subdomain under locality)
- co.<locality>.<state>.us: county government agencies (subdomain under locality)
- <school-name>.k12.<state>.us: public school districts
- <school-name>.pvt.k12.<state>.us: private schools
- <school-name>.cc.<state>.us: community colleges
- <school-name>.tec.<state>.us: technical and vocational schools
- <library-name>.lib.<state>.us: state, regional, city, and county libraries
- <organization-name>.state.<state>.us: state government agencies
- <organization-name>.gen.<state>.us: general independent entities (groups not fitting into the above categories)
External links
- IANA .us whois information http://www.iana.org/root-whois/us.htm
- usTLD Nexus Requirements http://www.nic.us/policies/docs/ustld_nexus_requirements.pdf - Requirements for registrants of .us domains, Portable Document Format
- Kids.us Content Policies http://www.kids.us/content_policy/content.html
- RFC 1480: The US Domain (June 1993)
Categories: Country code top-level domains | United States | Domain names in the United States | CENTR members