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This maybe a bit off topic but, why did Switzerland get the .ch domain instead of china. China seems to have a lousy CN domain ,( which reminds me of cartoon ne

by fmax30 13y ago

This maybe a bit off topic but, why did Switzerland get the .ch domain instead of china. China seems to have a lousy CN domain ,( which reminds me of cartoon network for reasons that are irrelevant here).

skrause 13y ago
It has been like that before internet domains: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2
dan1234 13y ago
CH is Switzerland's ISO-3166 code. The full country name is Swiss Confederation (which is Confoederatio Helvetica in latin).
chevreuil 13y ago
I think it stands for "Confederatio Helvetica", and is the official abbreviations (eg : on licence plates)
na85 13y ago
Same reason the abbreviation for the Swiss Franc is CHF.