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{{Short description|Internet country code top-level domain for Portugal}}
{{refimprove|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox Top level domain|
name=.pt|
background=#CCF|
image=.DotPt domain logo.svg|
introduced={{Start date and age|1988|6|30|df=yes}}
|type=[[Country code top-level domain]]|
status=Active|
registry=[[Associação DNS.PT]]|
sponsor=[[Associação DNS.PT]]|
intendeduse=Entities connected with [[Portugal]]|
actualuse=Very popular in Portugal|
registereddomains = 1,818,537|
dateregistereddomains = March 2024|
refregistereddomains = <ref>{{Cite web|last=PT|title=Estatísticas - .PT|url=https://www.pt.pt/pt/estatisticas/|access-date=2024-03-19|website=www.dns.pt|language=pt}}</ref>|
restrictions=Various restrictions for different subdomains; '''.com.pt''' is unlimited|
structure=Registrations are taken directly at second level or at third level beneath some second-level labels|
document=|
disputepolicy=|
website=[https://www.pt.pt/ pt.pt]|
dnssec=yes}}

'''.pt''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code top-level domain]] (ccTLD) for [[Portugal]] and is managed by [[Associação DNS.PT]].
It has the following [[second-level domain]]s:

* .com.pt: no restrictions; online registration
* .edu.pt: education
* .gov.pt: Government of Portugal
* .int.pt: international organizations or [[diplomatic mission]]s in Portugal
* .net.pt: telecommunications providers
* .nome.pt: individuals (''nome'' is [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] for name)
* .org.pt: [[Non-profit organization]]s
* .publ.pt: publications (e.g. newspapers)
* .co.pt
* .lda.pt

As from the 1 May 2012 Registration directly at second-level is available, without restrictions.<ref>http://www.dns.pt www.dns.pt</ref> On the first week there was a 28984 new domains register under the .pt. 

Since July 1, 2005, some characters with [[diacritics]] have been supported in domain names ([[Internationalized domain name|IDN]]). Currently permitted characters: ''[[à]]'', ''[[á]]'', ''[[â]]'', ''[[ã]]'', ''[[ç]]'', ''[[Acute accent|é]]'', ''[[ê]]'', ''[[í]]'', ''[[ó]]'', ''[[ô]]'', ''[[õ]]'', ''[[ú]]'', ''[[ü]]''. These are the only accentuated characters used in Portuguese words.

Apart from .gov.pt, Portuguese subdomains were slow to catch on, because many people had already registered under .pt when the new ones became available. Many companies, colleges and people still prefer to use a .pt because these are harder to get and simpler to remember. However, the .com.pt subdomain is being heavily promoted by the registry, and now has numerous registrations and active Web sites. Others such as .nome.pt for individuals are still uncommon.

In the early years, FCCN ({{Langx|pt|Fundação para a Computação Científica Nacional|label=none}}) tried to keep control of the .pt domain using stringent rules, which were adjusted a number of times. The precedent set by domains which were already registered but which would not be able to be registered under updated rules led to lawyers requesting the registry of any domain based on the principle of equal treatment.{{citation needed|date=April 2007}} When the situation was out of control, FCCN tried to promote subdomains like com.pt. Nevertheless, since the registration directly under .pt was still available, users tended to prefer these.

It is estimated that the .pt suffix comprises a little less than 10% of all the Portuguese-language Internet.<ref name="Google">

As of 3 August 2008, of the about 910 million pages google lists as being written in Portuguese (value obtained by adding [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=-site%3A.com&btnG=Search&lr=lang_pt this] to [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3A.com&btnG=Search&lr=lang_pt this]), the .pt domain comprehends more than [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3A.pt&btnG=Search&lr=lang_pt 83 million pages], to which should be added 7 million more, which Google reports to be written in other languages (see the total of pt pages [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3A.pt&btnG=Search&lr= here]).</ref>{{or|date=February 2015}} It is the third most popular Portuguese-language suffix, after [[.br]] and [[.com]], and ahead of [[.net]], [[.org]] and [[.info]], all above 10 million pages.{{cn|date=February 2015}}

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/pt.html IANA .pt whois information]
* [http://www.pt.pt .PT domain registration website] {{in lang|pt}}
* [http://www.fccn.pt Fundação para a Computação Científica Nacional (.pt registry)] {{in lang|pt}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120404032636/https://www.dns.pt/en/registrars-list List of accredited registrars] {{in lang|pt}}

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[[Category:Country code top-level domains]]
[[Category:Communications in Portugal]]
[[Category:Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members]]
[[Category:Mass media in Portugal]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 1988]]
[[Category:Internet in Portugal]]

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