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By James Bilal

.SS is the designated '''country''' code '''top'''-'''level domain~~'''~~[ http://www.mcanerin.com/en/articles/ccTLD.asp (ccTLD) ]<nowiki/>for '''South Sudan''' in the '''Domain''' Name System of the Internet. It is derived from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for '''South Sudan''', which is SS.

.SS is the designated '''country''' code '''top'''-'''level domain [[ccTLD http://www.mcanerin.com/en/articles/ccTLD.asp|ccTLD]]''' <nowiki/>for '''South Sudan''' in the '''Domain''' Name System of the Internet. It is derived from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for '''South Sudan''', which is SS.

When South Sudan became the world’s newest country in July 2011, it set about nation building. This included establishing a country-code top level domain [[(ccTLD),http://www.mcanerin.com/en/articles/ccTLD.asp|(ccTLD),]] for which the nation wanted .ss. Although the SS string appeared on the International Standards Organisation’s ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code list in August, the forerunner to ICANN approval for a ccTLD, .ss is still not plugged into the internet.

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 By James Bilal
-.SS is the designated '''country''' code '''top'''-'''level domain'''[ http://www.mcanerin.com/en/articles/ccTLD.asp  (ccTLD) ]<nowiki/>for '''South Sudan''' in the '''Domain''' Name System of the Internet. It is derived from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for '''South Sudan''', which is SS.
+.SS is the designated '''country''' code '''top'''-'''level domain [[ccTLD http://www.mcanerin.com/en/articles/ccTLD.asp|ccTLD]]''' <nowiki/>for '''South Sudan''' in the '''Domain''' Name System of the Internet. It is derived from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for '''South Sudan''', which is SS.
 When South Sudan became the world’s newest country in July 2011, it set about nation building. This included establishing a country-code top level domain [[(ccTLD),http://www.mcanerin.com/en/articles/ccTLD.asp|(ccTLD),]] for which the nation wanted .ss. Although the SS string appeared on the International Standards Organisation’s ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code list in August, the forerunner to ICANN approval for a ccTLD, .ss is still not plugged into the internet.