Editing Top-level domain (section)

==Internationalized country code TLDs==
An [[internationalized country code top-level domain]] (IDN ccTLD) is a top-level domain with a specially encoded domain name that is displayed in an end-user application, such as a [[web browser]], in its language-native script or [[alphabet]] (such as the [[Arabic alphabet]]), or a non-alphabetic [[writing system]] (such as [[Chinese character]]s). IDN ccTLDs are an application of the [[internationalized domain name]] (IDN) system to top-level Internet domains assigned to countries, or independent geographic regions.

ICANN started to accept applications for IDN ccTLDs in November 2009,<ref>{{cite press release |title=ICANN Bringing the Languages of the World to the Global Internet |publisher=Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) |date=30 October 2009 |url=https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-bringing-the-languages-of-the-world-to-the-global-internet--fast-track-process-for-internationalized-domain-names-launches-nov-16-30-10-2009-en |access-date=30 October 2009}}</ref> and installed the first set into the Domain Names System in May 2010. The first set was a group of Arabic names for the countries of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. By May 2010, 21 countries had submitted applications to ICANN, representing 11 scripts.<ref>{{cite news |title='Historic' day as first non-Latin web addresses go live |work=BBC News |date=6 May 2010 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/10100108 |access-date=7 May 2010}}</ref>