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| Introduced | 1997 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | NIC Congo |
| Sponsor | Interpoint SARL |
| Intended use | Entities connected with the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Actual use | Not that popular, but used for a miscellany of sites, some related to the Congo and some about music CDs |
| Registration restrictions | None |
| Structure | Registrations permitted at second level |
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| Dispute policies | UDRP |
| Web site | Nic.cd |
.cd is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1997 as a replacement for the .zr (Zaire) ccTLD, which was phased out and eventually deleted in 2001. Except for reserved names like .com.cd, .net.cd, .org.cd and others, any person in the world can register a .cd domain for a fee, much of the income from which goes to the government and people of the country. The ccTLD is popular (and thus economically valuable) due to it being an abbreviation for compact disc (other similar ccTLDs are .fm, .am, .tv, .ws and .dj). The domain was notably used by the popular BitTorrent tracker 'OiNK', and also by what.cd, a spin off following OiNK's closure.
