Country code second-level domain
A country code second-level domain is a second-level domain to a country code top-level domain. Such a domain may be reserved by a domain name registry for the registration of third-level domains, or assigned to a third party as a subdomain.
Many country code domain registries implement domain name classes at the second level underneath their ccTLD, such as are present in the original generic top-level domains
com,net, andorg, which were intended for commercial entities, network operators, and non-profit organizations, respectively.Many countries implement additional classes. For example, the United Kingdom (.uk) usesco.uk for commercial purposes andac.uk for academic registrants. Brazil (.br) has a high number of predefined second-level domains, 140 as of 2021; they range fromcom.br for commercial activities andvet.br for veterinarians towiki.br for wikis (see .br ยง Second-level domains).