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'''.it''' is the [[ccTLD|country code top-level domain name]] (ccTLD) for Italy. Its operations are managed by [[Registro.it]] (NIC-it).<ref name="cctld">[http://www.nic.it Registro.it]</ref>. It is the fifth largest ccTLD registry in Europe.<ref name="About Us">[http://www.nic.it/about-us] About Us, Registro.it]Retrieved 23 Jan 2013</ref>

'''.it''' is the [[ccTLD|country code top-level domain name]] (ccTLD) for Italy. Its operations are managed by [[Registro.it]] (NIC-it).<ref name="cctld">[http://www.nic.it Registro.it]</ref>. It is the fifth largest ccTLD registry in Europe.<ref name="About Us">[http://www.nic.it/about-us] About Us, Registro.it]Retrieved 23 Jan 2013</ref>

IANA delegated the function of registry management to the CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Italian National Research Council).<ref>[https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/it.html  IANA Root Database - .it]</ref> In 1997, this responsibility passed to the Institute for Applied Telematics (IAT-CNR) and, thereafter, to the Institute of Informatics and Telematics (IIT-CNR), founded in 2002 by the merger between IAT and the Institute of Computational Mathematics.<ref name="aboutus" />

IANA delegated the function of registry management to the CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Italian National Research Council).<ref>[https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/it.html  IANA Root Database - .it]</ref> In 1997, this responsibility passed to the Institute for Applied Telematics (IAT-CNR) and, thereafter, to the Institute of Informatics and Telematics (IIT-CNR), founded in 2002 by the merger between IAT and the Institute of Computational Mathematics.<ref name="About Us" />

==Usage==

==Usage==

==Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)==

==Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)==

Beginning in July 11th, 2012, all .it domain names began allowing [[IDN|Internationalized Domain Names]] (IDN), allowing them to support Italian, French, and German accents and characters.<ref>[https://centr.org/news/news/idn-success-in-italy.html CENTR.org - IDN Success in Italy]</ref> In 2015, the list of acceptable characters grew to include the languages of all nations in the European Union.<ref>[https://www.nic.it/en/news/2018/idn-24-official-languages-eu Nic.it - IDN for the 24 Official Languages of the EU]<ref>

Beginning in July 11th, 2012, all .it domain names began allowing [[IDN|Internationalized Domain Names]] (IDN), allowing them to support Italian, French, and German accents and characters.<ref>[https://centr.org/news/news/idn-success-in-italy.html CENTR.org - IDN Success in Italy]</ref> In 2015, the list of acceptable characters grew to include the languages of all nations in the European Union.<ref>[https://www.nic.it/en/news/2018/idn-24-official-languages-eu Nic.it - IDN for the 24 Official Languages of the EU]</ref>

Italy has not applied for an internationalized version of its TLD.

Italy has not applied for an internationalized version of its TLD.

==References==

==References==

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[[Category:Open Use ccTLD]]

[[Category:Open Use ccTLD]]

[[Category:Italy]]

[[Category:Italy]]