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{{Short description|Country code top-level domain for Ascension Island}}
{{about|the country code top-level domain|the second-level domain|.ac (second-level domain)}}
{{Infobox Top level domain
| name=.ac
| image=.ac ccTLD logo.png
| introduced={{Start date and age|1997|12|19}}
| type=[[Country code top-level domain]]
| status=Active
| registry=Ascension Island Network Information Centre (run by [[Internet Computer Bureau]])
| sponsor=[[Sure (company)|Sure]]
| intendeduse=Entities connected with [[Ascension Island]]
| actualuse=Various uses, sometimes connected to education and academia; a few sites actually on Ascension Island. Popular among websites related to [[Animal Crossing]].
| restrictions=3rd level registrant must be resident on Ascension Island
| structure=Registrations are taken directly at the second level or at third level beneath various 2nd-level labels
| document=[https://www.nic.ac/terms.htm Terms & Conditions]; [https://www.nic.ac/rules.htm Rules]
| disputepolicy=[https://www.nic.ac/dres.html Dispute Resolution Policy]
| website={{URL|https://nic.ac}}
| dnssec=Yes}}

The '''.ac''' [[top-level domain]] is the [[Internet]] [[country code]] ([[ccTLD]]) for [[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]], used primarily for [[Ascension Island]] ([[Saint Helena]] has its own ccTLD, [[.sh]]). It is administered by NIC.AC, a subsidiary of the [[Afilias]]-owned company [[Internet Computer Bureau]].

Registration for the domain is open to anyone. The registry accepts registrations of [[internationalized domain name]]s.<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.nic.ac/pdf/AC-IDN-Policy.pdf
 |title        = IDN Code Points Policy for the .AC Top Level Domain
 |publisher    = nic.ac
 |date         = 2013-05-20
 |access-date   = 2013-05-23
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140806092102/https://www.nic.ac/pdf/AC-IDN-Policy.pdf
 |archive-date = 2014-08-06
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[.uk]]
* [[.sh]]
* [[.ac (second-level domain)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web
| url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ac.html
| title=Delegation Record for .AC
| date=2011-05-01
| access-date=2013-05-23}}
* [https://www.nic.ac/ .AC Domain Name Registry]

{{UK top-level domains}}
{{CcTLD|state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:Ascension Island]]
[[Category:Country code top-level domains]]
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[[Category:Internet properties established in 1997]]

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