.br

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.br is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Brazil. It was administered by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil) until 2005 and now it's administered by Brazilian Network Information Center (Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto br). A local contact is required for any registration. Registrations of domain names with Portuguese characters are also accepted. Except possible for universities, the second level domain is fixed and defines the category. For example, site.art.br is in the art (music, folklore, etc.) category, and othersite.org.br is in the Non-governmental organization category. Institutions of third level education were allowed to use the second level domain and .edu.br, although some use .com.br. There are also some other few exceptions that were allowed to use the second level domain until the end of 2000. As of February 2007, most domain registrations ignore categories and register in the .com.br domain, which has over 90% of all registered domains.

.br is the most common Portuguese language Web site suffix^[1]

[edit] Second level domains

ADM.BR - Administrators
ADV.BR - Lawyers
AGR.BR - Agriculture-related companies and/or websites
AM.BR - AM radio companies, licenced by the Brazilian Communications Ministry
ARQ.BR - Architecture
ART.BR - Art: music, folklore, etc.
ATO.BR - Actors
BIO.BR - Biologists
BLOG.BR - Blogs
BMD.BR - Biomedics
CIM.BR - Brokers
CNG.BR - Scenographers
CNT.BR - Accountants
COM.BR - Commercial websites in general
COOP.BR - Cooperatives
ECN.BR - Economy
EDU.BR - Higher education institutions
ENG.BR - Engineers
ESP.BR - Sports
ETC.BR - Entities that do not fit in previous categories
ETI.BR - I.T. Specialists
FAR.BR - Pharmacies and drugstores
FLOG.BR - Photologs
FM.BR - FM radio companies, licenced by the Brazilian Communications Ministry
FND.BR - Phonoaudiologists
FOT.BR - Photographers
FST.BR - Physiotherapists
G12.BR - K12 education institutions
GGF.BR - Geographers
GOV.BR - Government entities
IMB.BR - Real estate
IND.BR - Industries
INF.BR - Media and information
JOR.BR - Journalists
LEL.BR - Auctioneers
MAT.BR - Mathematicians and Statisticians
MED.BR - Medics
MIL.BR - Brazilian Armed Forces
MUS.BR - Musicians
NET.BR - Exclusively for providers of physical communication means, legally habilitated for the prestation of public telecommunication services
NOM.BR - People
NOT.BR - Notaries
NTR.BR - Nutritionists
ODO.BR - Dentists
ORG.BR - Non-profit non-governmental entities
PPG.BR - Publicity specialists and Marketeers
PRO.BR - Teachers
PSC.BR - Psychologists
PSI.BR - Online service providers
QSL.BR - Radio amateurs
REC.BR - Recreational activities, entertainment, leisure, games, etc.
SLG.BR - Sociologists
SRV.BR - Services providers
TMP.BR - Temporary events, such as fairs and exhibitions
TRD.BR - Translators
TUR.BR - Tourism
TV.BR - Sound and image broadcasters, licenced by the Brazilian Communications Ministry
VET.BR - Veterinarians
VLOG.BR - Videologs
WIKI.BR - Wikis
ZLG.BR - Zoologists

[edit] References

↑ ^a ^b As of October 8, 2007, Google showed 23,700,000 pages for site:.br, 10,500,000 for site:.pt and 238,000 for site:.ao (Angola). Portuguese pages in the .com domain were 15,500,000.