.be
 dns.be |
| Introduced | 1988 |
| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | DNS Belgium |
| Sponsor | DNS Belgium |
| Intended use | Entities connected with Belgium |
| Actual use | Very popular in Belgium |
| Registration restrictions | None |
| Structure | Names can be registered directly at second level; some third-level names under categories such as ac.be for academic institutions also exist |
| Documents | Documents |
| Dispute policies | ADR |
| Web site |
|
.be is the
Internet country code top-level domain (
ccTLD) for
Belgium. The domain became active in
1989 and was administrated by Pierre Verbaeten of the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. In
2000, the control of the TLD was transferred to
DNS Belgium. As of late
2005, more than 470,000 domains were registered.
[1]
It was announced in November 2005 that the initial registration of domains would be free until the beginning of 2006, though with some limits on the number any individual was allowed to register. This was remarkably popular, with some 17,000 registrations coming in on the first day of the promotion.
Domain names are registered directly at second level. Third-level names under ac.be for academic institutions also exist, but is becoming obsolete as main universities like the
KU Leuven,
UGent and
UC Louvain abandoned it in
2005.
Any .be registration has to be ordered via a registered agent.
Regional domains
The far right party
Vlaams Belang introduced a draft resolution in the
Parliament of the region of
Flanders demanding the creation of a Flemish top level domain .vl (for "Vlaanderen", Flanders in Dutch) but this resolution failed to receive support of the region's other parties. Furthermore, the regional government responded that the creation of top level domains was outside its competence.
References
External links
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s
1985 1986 1987 - 1988 - 1989 1990 1991
Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII
..... Click the link for more information.
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country or a dependent territory.
ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all two-letter top-level domains are ccTLDs.
..... Click the link for more information.
DNS Belgium or DNS.be is a non-profit organisation responsible for managing the .be top level domain. Domain names are registered by the various agents of DNS Belgium, on behalf of their individual clients, as part of a registration and applications procedure.
..... Click the link for more information.
DNS Belgium or DNS.be is a non-profit organisation responsible for managing the .be top level domain. Domain names are registered by the various agents of DNS Belgium, on behalf of their individual clients, as part of a registration and applications procedure.
..... Click the link for more information.
Motto
Eendracht maakt macht (Dutch)
L'union fait la force" (French)
Einigkeit macht stark
..... Click the link for more information.
Internet is a worldwide, publicly accessible series of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol (IP). It is a "network of networks" that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government
..... Click the link for more information.
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes (geocodes) developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The most famous of these is ISO 3166-1.
..... Click the link for more information.
top-level domain (TLD) is the last part of an Internet domain name; that is, the letters which follow the final dot of any domain name. For example, in the domain name www.example.
..... Click the link for more information.
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country or a dependent territory.
ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all two-letter top-level domains are ccTLDs.
..... Click the link for more information.
Motto
Eendracht maakt macht (Dutch)
L'union fait la force" (French)
Einigkeit macht stark
..... Click the link for more information.
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s
1986 1987 1988 - 1989 - 1990 1991 1992
Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX
..... Click the link for more information.
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (Catholic University of Leuven in English) or in short K.U.Leuven, is the largest, oldest, and most prominent university in Belgium. As a Flemish university, it is located in the town of Leuven in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking (northern) region
..... Click the link for more information.
20th century - 21st century
1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s
1997 1998 1999 - 2000 - 2001 2002 2003
2000 by topic:
News by month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
..... Click the link for more information.
DNS Belgium or DNS.be is a non-profit organisation responsible for managing the .be top level domain. Domain names are registered by the various agents of DNS Belgium, on behalf of their individual clients, as part of a registration and applications procedure.
..... Click the link for more information.
20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s
2002 2003 2004 - 2005 - 2006 2007 2008
2005 by topic:
News by month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
..... Click the link for more information.
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (Catholic University of Leuven in English) or in short K.U.Leuven, is the largest, oldest, and most prominent university in Belgium. As a Flemish university, it is located in the town of Leuven in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking (northern) region
..... Click the link for more information.
Ghent University (in Dutch, Universiteit Gent, abbreviated UGent) is one of the three large Flemish universities. It is located in the historic town of Ghent in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking (northern) part of Belgium. It has 28,000 students and 6,400 Staff members.
..... Click the link for more information.
Université catholique de Louvain, sometimes known as UCL, is Belgium's largest French-speaking university. It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve and in Brussels. It has full university status.
..... Click the link for more information.
20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s
2002 2003 2004 - 2005 - 2006 2007 2008
2005 by topic:
News by month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
..... Click the link for more information.
Vlaams Belang (English: Flemish Interest) is a political party in Belgium that advocates Flemish independence and strict limits on non-European and non-Christian immigration, whereby immigrants would be obliged to adopt Western culture.
..... Click the link for more information.
BelgiumThis article is part of the series:
Politics of Belgium
- Constitution
- King
- Albert II
- Federal Government
- Prime Minister
..... Click the link for more information. AnthemDe Vlaamse Leeuw
(
The Flemish Lion)
Location of Belgian Flanders in Europe
..... Click the link for more information. Internet Archive
Formation 1996
Type on-line library
Website www.archive.org
The Internet Archive (IA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining an on-line library and archive of Web and multimedia resources.
..... Click the link for more information.
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country or a dependent territory.
ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all two-letter top-level domains are ccTLDs.
..... Click the link for more information.
This article is about the top-level domain (TLD). For the second-level domain, see .ac (second level).
.acIntroduced 1997
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
..... Click the link for more information. .ad
Introduced 1996
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Nic.ad
Sponsor Servei de Telecommunicacions d'Andorra
Intended use Entities connected with
Andorra
Actual use Gets some use in Andorra
..... Click the link for more information.
.ae
Introduced 1992
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Nic.ae
Sponsor Etisalat
Intended use Entities connected with
United Arab Emirates
Actual use Very popular in U.A.E.
Registration restrictions Must show I.D.
..... Click the link for more information.
.af
Introduced 1997
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry AFGNIC
Sponsor Afghanistan Ministry of Communications
Intended use Entities connected with Afghanistan
Actual use Gets some use in Aghanistan
..... Click the link for more information.
.ag
Introduced 1991
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry NicAg
Sponsor None
Intended use Entities connected with
Antigua and Barbuda
Actual use Used largely by companies in German-speaking countries where AG
..... Click the link for more information.
.ai
Introduced 1995
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry Offshore Information Services
Sponsor Government of Anguilla
Intended use Entities connected with Anguilla
..... Click the link for more information.