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.uk is not actually a ccTLD - the country code is really gb. .gb is delegated, but unused.

• dijit 3y ago
  Oh wow, really? That's insane and such an absurd oversight. Given that the government literally uses gov.uk and ac.uk for academic institutions. EDIT: seems one of us is wrong; > .uk is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United Kingdom. It was first registered in July 1985, seven months after the original generic top-level domains such as .com and the first country code after .us.
  • razakel 3y ago
    It's in a weird state where it was manually delegated before the ISO-based ones were created. So it's not actually a ccTLD, but is treated as one.
    • samatman 3y ago
      This is not correct. `.uk` is a ccTLD, and it isn't the ISO 3166 code for the UK, which is `gb`. These are two different systems with substantial overlap.
      • razakel 3y ago
        And in FIPS "GB" is Gabon, leading to all sorts of fun.