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In this way, starting in October, 2009, [[ICANN]] has accepted the development of IDN ccTLDs on the Internet using IDNA standards. The first IDN ccTLDs were successfully installed in the [[DNS]] root zone in May, 2010.

In this way, starting in October, 2009, [[ICANN]] has accepted the development of IDN ccTLDs on the Internet using IDNA standards. The first IDN ccTLDs were successfully installed in the [[DNS]] root zone in May, 2010.

==How to register an IDN?==

==How to Register an IDN?==

There are plenty of companies and partners that offer the possibility to register an IDN using the native language characters. During the registration process, the language should be selected and then the domain name typed. ''The Internationalized Domain Names'' can contain diacritics and non-Latin characters.

There are plenty of companies and partners that offer the possibility to register an IDN using native language characters. The syntax designed for the used of [[IDNA]] is known as ''"Punycode"''. The non-ASCII characters are transformed into a specific format containing only ASCII characters and then a unique identification is processed for the domain name. <ref>[http://www.quackit.com/domain-names/internationalized_domain_names.cfm Registering IDNs]</ref>

The syntax designed for the used of [[IDNA]] is known as ''"Punycode"''. The non-ASCII characters are transformed into a specific format containing only ASCII characters and then a unique identification is processed for the domain name. <ref>[http://www.quackit.com/domain-names/internationalized_domain_names.cfm Registering IDNs]</ref>

In order to the characters used in a IDN various changes and specific settings should be performed in the Web browser or the installation of foreign language pack should be required.  

In order to see and use the characters found in IDNs various changes and specific settings may need to be manipulated within the Web browser, or the installation of foreign language packs may be required.

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