.pn is the
Internet
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country code top-level domain
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet
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(ccTLD) for the
Pitcairn Islands
The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: '), officially the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceani ...
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Use
An official .pn domain costs $100 per year from the registry. There are relatively few sites using these domains, but examples include
ESPN
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,
Experian,
C-SPAN, and
Groupon
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(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, each of whom use the domain for
URL shortening
URL shortening is a technique on the World Wide Web
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The Internet ...
services.
Subdomains under various two-letter .pn domains were offered as free redirections and as domain names by numerous providers. In August 2017, Free EU Hosting, one such provider, announced that due to reputation fears they will be discontinuing their popular eu.pn and me.pn subdomains and that they will eventually stop working, offering existing customers alternative subdomains.
The .pn domain is also used as part of a
Lionsgate marketing campaign promoting the ''
Hunger Games'' film series, presenting it as the "official" country code of the fictional nation of
Panem, with domains for
the Capitol and the rebellion.
Management
ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN ) is an American multistakeholder group and nonprofit organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespac ...
originally delegated the management of the domain to islander
Tom Christian. In 2000, the government of Pitcairn Island wrote a letter to the
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a standards organization that oversees global IP address
An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label such as that is connected to a computer network that uses the I ...
stating that Christian did not "adequately serve the interests of the country and community of Pitcairn Island" and requesting reassignment of the delegation of the top-level domain to the office of the
governor of Pitcairn Island. The dispute was resolved when ICANN ruled that the domain would be re-delegated to the
Pitcairn Island Council.
Second-Level Domain Name
* .ac.pn (intended for academic institutions and associated individuals)
* .in.pn (intended for individuals)
* .co.pn (intended for companies and commercial entities)
* .eu.pn (''discontinued'')
* .org.pn (intended for nonprofit organisations)
* .net.pn (intended for network operators and internet service providers)
* .me.pn (''discontinued'')
References
Further reading
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External links
IANA .pn whois information.pn domain registration websiteACADEMIC second level ac.pn domain registration website
Country code top-level domains
Pitcairn Islands
Computer-related introductions in 1997
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