.dd

.dd
Introduced Never
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Not in use
Registry None
Sponsor None
Intended use Entities connected with  East Germany
Actual use Only internally, if at all; unused since German reunification
Registration restrictions No registrations are now taking place
Structure Not in root
Dispute policies None
Website None

DD was the ISO 3166-1 code for the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), the letters coming from the German name of the country: Deutsche Demokratische Republik. In accordance with IANA policy, .dd was therefore available to be assigned as the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for East Germany. However, this was never done, and so .dd was never added to the root nameservers[1].

With the reunification of Germany, East Germany became part of the Federal Republic of Germany, which had already been assigned the ccTLD .de. The ISO 3166-1 code DD was withdrawn in 1990. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ http://internet.robert-scheck.de/tld-dd/ Information site about .dd in German language
  2. ↑ http://www.statoids.com/w3166his.html Changes in ISO 3166-1 (annotated summary of RIPE documents)
Country code top-level domains
See also Generic top-level domains