Glossary
ccTLD (country-code top-level domain)
A ccTLD is a country-code top-level domain: a two-letter TLD reserved for a country or territory, taken from the ISO 3166-1 list. .de is Germany, .jp is Japan, .tv is Tuvalu. Since 2010 some countries also have ccTLDs in their own script, like .рф.
Each ccTLD is run by a manager in (or appointed for) its country, and that manager sets the rules: some ccTLDs are open to anyone worldwide, others require a local address or company. That's the biggest practical difference from generic TLDs, which follow ICANN contracts.
A few ccTLDs became famous for what their letters spell rather than where they are — .io, .ai, .tv, .me. Those are called domain hacks, but they still belong to their countries.
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