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| Introduced | 1988 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | NIC.AT |
| Sponsor | NIC.AT |
| Intended use | Entities connected with  Austria |
| Actual use | Very popular in Austria |
| Registration restrictions | None, except for restricted subdomains .gv.at and .ac.at |
| Structure | Registrations are directly at second level, or at third level beneath several second-level labels |
| Documents | Terms and conditions (English) |
| Dispute policies | Streitschlichtungsstelle |
| Web site | nic.at |
.at is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Austria. It is administered by NIC.AT. The .at top-level domain has a number of second-level domains. These are:
- .gv.at - for governmental institutions
- .ac.at - for academic and educational institutions (registration is handled by the University of Vienna)
- .co.at - intended for companies (unrestricted registration)
- .or.at - intended for organizations (unrestricted registration)
However, it is also possible to register, unrestrictedly, directly at the second level. Given the number of English words that end with -at, this presents the possibility for many domain hacks. bo.at is an example to put into consideration. Domain hacks treating "at" as a word in its own right (such as arrive.at) are also widespread. Registrations of internationalized domain names are accepted according to the following instructions.
Second level domains
- ac.at - Academic and research institutions.
- gv.at - Governmental institutions.
- or.at - Organisations.
- co.at - Commercial entities.
- priv.at - Private individuals
