.ve is the

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

country code Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science ...

top-level domain A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical and distributed naming system for computers, services, and other resources in the ...

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ccTLD A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It ...

) for

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...

. On 3 March 2009 the

ISO 3166-1 ISO 3166-1 (''Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes'') is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It ...

code for

changed to reflect the VE used for the

. Registrations are allowed without restrictions, only at the third level: * .arts.ve - artistic and cultural institution * .co.ve - a website originally ".com" ported to Venezuelan Spanish * .com.ve - Venezuelan commercial entity * .info.ve - informational sites * .net.ve - network service providers * .org.ve - non-profit organizations * .radio.ve - radio stations * .web.ve - individuals The following second-level domains allow restricted third-level domain registrations: * .gob.ve / .gov.ve - government-related websites * .edu.ve - Venezuela based educational institutions * .int.ve - International institutions * .mil.ve - Venezuelan military institution * .tec.ve - University of Technology

Internationalized domain name An internationalized domain name (IDN) is an Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It ...

s are available using the following Spanish characteres: á, é, í, ó, ú, ü, and ñ. IANA
.VE Spanish table
/ref> A number of second-level domain names are in place, i.e., cha.ve, internet.ve, ipv6.ve, nic.ve

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Country code top-level domains Telecommunications in Venezuela {{Venezuela-stub sv:Toppdomän#V