.sh is the

Internet The Internet (or internet) is the Global network, global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a internetworking, network of networks ...

country code A country code is a short alphanumeric identification code for countries and dependent areas. Its primary use is in data processing and communications. Several identification systems have been developed. The term ''country code'' frequently re ...

top-level domain A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domain name, domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet after the root domain. The top-level domain names are installed in the DNS root zone, root zone of the nam ...

(

ccTLD A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all tw ...

) for the

British Overseas Territory The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) or alternatively referred to as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are the fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, ...

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory located in the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and consisting of the island of Saint Helena, Ascension Island, and the archipelago of Tri ...

, although it is primarily used in

Saint Helena Saint Helena (, ) is one of the three constituent parts of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, a remote British overseas territory. Saint Helena is a volcanic and tropical island, located in the South Atlantic Ocean, some 1,874 km ...

(

Ascension Island Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the Equator in the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean. It is about from the coast of Africa and from the coast of South America. It is governed as part of the British Overs ...

has its own ccTLD, .ac). Registrations of

internationalized domain name An internationalized domain name (IDN) is an Internet domain name that contains at least one label displayed in software applications, in whole or in part, in non-Latin script or alphabet or in the Latin alphabet-based characters with diacrit ...

s are also accepted. On 22 February 2010, the

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code for

changed to reflect the SH used for the

Second level domains

There are seven second level domains: * co.sh – commercial entities * com.sh – commercial entities * org.sh – non-profit organizations * gov.sh – government departments and agencies * edu.sh – educational institutions * net.sh – network service providers * nom.sh – non-island Internet sites

Top-level domains

A majority of sites under the .sh domain have nothing to do with Saint Helena, Ascension or Tristan da Cunha. Members of DeviantArt are able to go to their "stash," a service where digital media can be uploaded, stored and published. The DeviantArt "stash" uses the .sh top level domain ''sta.sh''. Sketch comedy

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channel Smosh uses the ''smo.sh'' domain name to link to addresses on their website, smosh.com. Similarly, the Babish Culinary Universe channel's website uses the ''babi.sh'' domain name. Skillshare uses the domain hack ''skl.sh'' to redirect to their website. Since the .sh

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is also used by

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shell scripts, this domain has been used for websites about

command-line interface A command-line interface (CLI) is a means of interacting with software via command (computing), commands each formatted as a line of text. Command-line interfaces emerged in the mid-1960s, on computer terminals, as an interactive and more user ...

programs such as Homebrew. SH is the official abbreviation for the German federal state of

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ...

and the .sh domain is used for sites like ''nah.sh'', a public transportation site as well as the Verbraucherzentrale (''verbraucherzentrale.sh''), the SPD party (''spd.sh'') and for some subpages by the official Schleswig-Holstein government (e.g. ''wahlen.sh''). The rhythm game osu! and the personal landing page of its primary developer uses th
ppy.sh
domain, such a
osu.ppy.shold.ppy.sh
an
status.ppy.sh
The main fork of the popular movie torrent freeware program Popcorn Time is hosted at a .sh domain.

References

External links

IANA .sh whois information
{{DEFAULTSORT:SH Internet properties established in 1997 Country code top-level domains Economy of Saint Helena Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members sv:Toppdomän#S

Second level domains

Top-level domains

See also

References

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