.nu is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to the island state of Niue. It was one of the first ccTLDs to be marketed to the Internet at large as an alternative to the gTLDs .com, .net, and .org.
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.nu is the internet address ending assigned to Niue, a small island nation in the South Pacific. It became notable as one of the early domain extensions available to anyone worldwide, offering an alternative to the more common .com, .net, and .org endings.
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Key facts
- Top level domain.name
- .nu
- Top level domain.image
- Nudomain.svg
- Top level domain.image_size
- 220
- Top level domain.introduced
- 20 June 1997
- Top level domain.type
- Country code top-level domain
- Top level domain.status
- Active
- Top level domain.registry
- The Internet Foundation in Sweden
- Top level domain.sponsor
- Internet Users Society - Niue
- Top level domain.intendeduse
- Entities connected with Niue
- Top level domain.actualuse
- Used for a multitude of sites, few with any connection to Niue; especially popular in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium as the word means "now" in Swedish, Danish, Dutch, and archaic Norwegian
- Top level domain.restrictions
- None
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Administration
- Usage of .nu
- Internationalised domains
- Domain revocation policy
- Litigation
- References
- Further reading
- External links
.nu is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to the island state of Niue. It was one of the first ccTLDs to be marketed to the Internet at large as an alternative to the gTLDs .com, .net, and .org.
Playing on the phonetic similarity between nu and new in English, and the fact that means "now" in several northern European languages, it was promoted as a new TLD with an abundance of good domain names available. The .nu domain is now controlled by the Internet Foundation in Sweden amid opposition from the government of Niue.