.scot is a
GeoTLD
A geographic top-level domain (often shortened as geographic TLD or geoTLD) is any of an unofficial group of top-level domains in the Domain Name System of the Internet using the name of or invoking an association with a geographical, geopolitica ...
for Scotland and
Scottish culture
The culture of Scotland refers to the patterns of human activity and symbolism associated with Scotland and the Scottish people. The Scottish flag is blue with a white saltire, and represents the cross of Saint Andrew.
Scots law
Scotland ret ...
, including the
Gaelic and
Scots languages.
Later it was decided to allow almost any top-level domain for introduction some time in 2013, and a list of applications for these was published in June 2012; the domain .scot was included.
On 27 January 2014, dotScot Registry, a not-for-profit organization established in 2009, announced that it had agreed terms to operate the .scot domain name, with plans to get it up and running later in summer of 2014.
On 15 July 2014, .scot was officially launched.
The first .scot domain name to go live was calico.scot, registered by hosting company Calico Internet Ltd.
On 17 February 2015, the
Scottish Government migrated its website from scotland.gov.uk to gov.scot. Likewise, the
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament ( gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ; sco, Scots Pairlament) is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holy ...
moved from scottish.parliament.uk to parliament.scot in May 2016, to coincide with the
2016 elections.
The 2017 Global Amendment to the base New
GeoTLD
A geographic top-level domain (often shortened as geographic TLD or geoTLD) is any of an unofficial group of top-level domains in the Domain Name System of the Internet using the name of or invoking an association with a geographical, geopolitica ...
Registry Agreement is effective as of 31 July 2017.
On 3 May 2018 the dotScot Registry lifted registration restrictions on locality domains (based on towns, etc.) and other premium names.
See also
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.ie
*
.irish
*
.cymru
References
External links
dotScot Registry
Scot
Scot
2014 establishments in Scotland
Internet in Scotland
Computer-related introductions in 2014
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