.co.uk - open to anybody, anybody can register them, and have as many as they want. By and large the most popular 2nd level domain in the UK.org.uk - supposedly for non-profit organisations, though again there's no restrictions on who can register them and how many..net.uk - restricted to ISPs, generally people who have a netblock assigned to them from RIPE, and even then the registration must match the name of the ISP..me.uk - open to anybody again, supposedly for personal registrations..police.uk - restricted, open only to police force regions.nhs.uk - restricted, open only to NHS institutions, although even in practice NHS institutions tend to use co.uk and org.uk..sch.uk - restricted to schools, usually a school will register under a regional version, such as balbycarr.doncaster.sch.uk (in the case of my old school)..ac.uk - similar to above, but for any academic institutions. This includes universities, colleges (such as don.ac.uk), and institutions relating to academia (ukerna.ac.uk - the people who look after the.ac.uk domain).mod.uk - restricted to Ministry of Defence..gov.uk - restricted to governmental organisations..plc.uk/.ltd.uk - restricted to PLCs/Limited companies respectively. Like.net.uk, the registration must match the name of the company registering the domain..nic.uk - Nominet use only.
then there's the oddities:-
parliament.uk - Houses Of Parliament bl.uk - British Library jet.uk - European Fusion Development Agency
Also:-
govt.uk - Original governmental 2nd-level domain. Some domains still exist under this (www.meto.govt.uk is one example)
orgn.uk - Original non-profit organisational domain.
There also exists a.gb TLD, under which a few domains were registered, but is now deprecated.
Slashdot Mirror
"Segway's price, low speed and tightened spending"
Low speed?!?! AFAIAC, doing more than 10mph on one of those things would mean a large number of underpants changes along the way.
.co.uk - open to anybody, anybody can register them, and have as many as they want. By and large the most popular 2nd level domain in the UK .org.uk - supposedly for non-profit organisations, though again there's no restrictions on who can register them and how many. .net.uk - restricted to ISPs, generally people who have a netblock assigned to them from RIPE, and even then the registration must match the name of the ISP. .me.uk - open to anybody again, supposedly for personal registrations. .police.uk - restricted, open only to police force regions .nhs.uk - restricted, open only to NHS institutions, although even in practice NHS institutions tend to use co.uk and org.uk. .sch.uk - restricted to schools, usually a school will register under a regional version, such as balbycarr.doncaster.sch.uk (in the case of my old school). .ac.uk - similar to above, but for any academic institutions. This includes universities, colleges (such as don.ac.uk), and institutions relating to academia (ukerna.ac.uk - the people who look after the .ac.uk domain) .mod.uk - restricted to Ministry of Defence. .gov.uk - restricted to governmental organisations. .plc.uk/.ltd.uk - restricted to PLCs/Limited companies respectively. Like .net.uk, the registration must match the name of the company registering the domain. .nic.uk - Nominet use only.
.gb TLD, under which a few domains were registered, but is now deprecated.
then there's the oddities:-
parliament.uk - Houses Of Parliament
bl.uk - British Library
jet.uk - European Fusion Development Agency
Also:-
govt.uk - Original governmental 2nd-level domain. Some domains still exist under this (www.meto.govt.uk is one example)
orgn.uk - Original non-profit organisational domain.
There also exists a
Qmail is nice.
Bitch to install sometimes, though.
Sure you don't work for M$? My mind is open. Except unlike yours, my brain hasn't fallen out.