Second Level Domain: Difference between revisions

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* It must use valid characters, which are those between 0-9, letters a-z and dashes, but the dash "-" cannot be used at the beginning or at the end of a domain name.<ref>[http://www.build-your-website.co.uk/choosing-domain-name-second-level.htm Choosing the right Domain Name]</ref>

==~~ICANN and IDNA~~==

==IDN==

By means of the [[~~IDNA~~]] system ~~(Internationalized Domain Names in Applications)~~ the valid set of characters has been expanded to include names and words written in native scripts; in this way, the domain names can contain letters from non-ASCII scripts. The [[IDN]] fast track system was approved by [[ICANN]] in 2009, and was adopted by many registries that provide domain space.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/ ICANN and IDNA]</ref>

By means of the [[IDN]] system, the valid set of characters has been expanded to include names and words written in native scripts; in this way, the domain names can contain letters from non-ASCII scripts. The [[IDN]] fast track system was approved by [[ICANN]] in 2009, and was adopted by many registries that provide domain space.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/ ICANN and IDNA]</ref>

==References==

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 * It must use valid characters, which are those between 0-9, letters a-z and dashes, but the dash "-" cannot be used at the beginning or at the end of a domain name.<ref>[http://www.build-your-website.co.uk/choosing-domain-name-second-level.htm Choosing the right Domain Name]</ref>
-==ICANN and IDNA==
+==IDN==
-By means of the [[IDNA]] system (Internationalized Domain Names in Applications) the valid set of characters has been expanded to include names and words written in native scripts; in this way, the domain names can contain letters from non-ASCII scripts. The [[IDN]] fast track system was approved by [[ICANN]] in 2009, and was adopted by many registries that provide domain space.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/ ICANN and IDNA]</ref>
+By means of the [[IDN]] system, the valid set of characters has been expanded to include names and words written in native scripts; in this way, the domain names can contain letters from non-ASCII scripts. The [[IDN]] fast track system was approved by [[ICANN]] in 2009, and was adopted by many registries that provide domain space.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/topics/idn/ ICANN and IDNA]</ref>
 ==References==