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{{Short description|Internet country code top-level domain for Seychelles}}{{distinguish|sc.}}
{{Infobox Top level domain|
name=.sc|
background=#CCF|
image=[[Image:Dotsc.jpg|.sc|240px]]|
introduced=9 May 1997|
type=[[Country code top-level domain]]|
status=Active|
registry=[[Victoria Computer Services|VCS (Pty) Limited]]|
sponsor=[[Victoria Computer Services|VCS (Pty) Limited]]|
intendeduse=Entities connected with {{SYC}}|
actualuse=Used for a random assortment of sites, some related to Seychelles|
restrictions=Priority given to Seychelles-based entities; varying restrictions for different third-level registrations|
structure=Registrations are directly at second level or at third level beneath various second-level names|
document=|
disputepolicy=[[UDRP]]|
website=[http://www.nic.sc/ nic.sc]|
dnssec=yes}}

'''.sc''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code]] [[top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) for [[Seychelles]]. The [[TLD]] was previously also marketed to businesses in [[Scotland]] and the U.S. state of [[South Carolina]], although the domains are subject to [[Seychelles]] registry rules. While SCregistrars, a company which marketed .sc domains to a target audience of Scottish sites, has since closed down,<ref>[http://www.out-law.com/page-2460 Nominet warns Scottish businesses of .sc domain names], ''Out-Law News'', March 20, 2002</ref> the .sc extension remains available through the [[Afilias]] Global platform via various well-known registrars internationally for direct registration at second-level.

== Domain hacks ==
The domain has also been used for [[Domain hack|domain hacks]], such as by the website [[SoundCloud]] (due to its initials "SC"). For example, "exit.sc" was a domain set up by SoundCloud for tracking traffic leaving its website.

==Third-level domains==
* '''com.sc''': commercial, for-profit organizations
* '''net.sc''': network infrastructure machines and organizations
* '''edu.sc''': educational institutions
* '''gov.sc''': governmental institutions
* '''org.sc''': miscellaneous, usually non-profit, organizations

==Notes and references==
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==See also==
* {{anli|.scot}} for Scotland

==External links==
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/sc.html IANA .sc whois information]
* [http://www.nic.sc/ .sc domain registry]
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[[Category:Country code top-level domains]]
[[Category:Communications in Seychelles]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 1997]]

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