.ac
Country code top-level domain for Ascension Island
The .ac top-level domain is the Internet country code (ccTLD ) for Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha , used primarily for Ascension Island (Saint Helena has its own ccTLD, .sh ). It is administered by NIC.AC, a subsidiary of the Internet Computer Bureau based in the United Kingdom.
Registration for the domain is open to anyone. The registry accepts registrations of internationalized domain names .[1]
The domain is marketed by some domain-brokers as a domain for the city of Aachen, Germany , after the automotive license plate designation ("AC") for the city.
Use as an abbreviation for "academic"
Due to its similarity to the .ac ("academic") second-level domain that exists under some country code top-level domains , some educational institutions also register under the .ac top-level domain:
Royal Global University, Guwahati in Assam, India[2]
The University of Kurdistan - Hawler [3]
Ralston College in Savannah, Georgia , United States[4]
Faith Mission Bible College in Edinburgh, Scotland [5]
It is also used for promotion, campaigns, and URL shortening by various parts of the University of Edinburgh , Scotland[6]
Promotions and english courses by the University of Cambridge , Cambridge[7]
The Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) in Bangkok, Thailand [8]
INFORM (Information Network Focus on Religious Movements), based at the London School of Economics [9]
Newcastle University, an online university unconnected with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom or the University of Newcastle, Australia [10]
Dhaka International University in Dhaka, Bangladesh[11]
Community of Physics , an institution that works to advance physics education and research in Dhaka, Bangladesh [12]
Other uses
On 10 December 2013, The Pirate Bay switched to an .ac domain.[13]
.ac is being used by anti-cheat software Easy A nti-C heat.[14]
.ac is occasionally used as an abbreviation for ac tivities and/or ac commodation by tourism websites.[15]
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