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223: 102: 49:), maintains all administrative data of the domain and generates a zone file which contains the addresses of the nameservers for each domain. Each registry is an organization that manages the registration of domain names within the domains for which it is responsible, controls the policies of domain name allocation, and technically operates its domain. It may also fulfill the function of a 298:
Registries may also control matters of interest to their local communities; for example, the German, Japanese and Polish registries have introduced internationalized domain names to allow use of local non-
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system of allocation but may reject the allocation of specific domains on the basis of political, religious, historical, legal or cultural reasons. For example, in the
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Many ccTLDs have moved from compulsory third or fourth-level domain to the availability of registrations of second level domains. Among them are
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Some registries sell the names directly, and others rely on separate entities to sell them. For example, names in the
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is a database of all domain names and the associated registrant information in the top level domains of the
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deals with intellectual property and other disputes through its own dispute resolution service.
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automatically rejected domain name applications based on a list of perceived obscenities.
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The allocated and assigned domain names are made available by registries by use of the
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registrars, generally have to use the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (
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Some name registries are government departments (e.g., the registry for India
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top-level domains are in some sense sold "wholesale" at a regulated price by
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zone for protocol administration purposes, and other critical zones such as
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Database of domain names and associated registrant information
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Domain names are managed under a hierarchy headed by the
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requires people to use the German civil courts, and
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InterNIC
Domain Name System
domain name registrar
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
root nameservers
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arpa
root-servers.net
Country code top-level domains
DENIC
Nominet

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domain name servers
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