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Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Internet domain
the .sh file extension type shell script
April 2026
.sh Nicsh.png 23 September 1997 Country code top-level domain Active NIC.SH (run by Internet Computer Bureau) Government of Saint Helena Entities connected with Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha Various uses; a few sites actually on Saint Helena but most elsewhere. Used for domain hacks in English and other languages, for places and regions that can be abbreviated with sh, and for some websites related to the Unix shellDecember 2025 2nd-level registrant must have a professional or academic qualification (apparently not actually enforced); 3rd-level registrant must be resident on Saint Helena Registrations are taken directly at the second level or the third level beneath various 2nd-level labels Terms & Conditions; Rules Dispute Resolution Policy NIC.SH yes
.sh is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, although it is primarily used in Saint Helena (Ascension Island has its own ccTLD, .ac). Registrations of internationalised domain names are also accepted..SH IDN Policy https://web.archive.org/web/20140925073224/http://www.nic.sh/SH-IDN-Policy.pdf 2014-09-25 , NIC, Saint Helena.
On 22 February 2010 the ISO 3166-1 code for Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha changed to reflect the SH used for the ccTLD.
Second level domains
There are seven second level domains:
co.sh – commercial entities
com.sh – commercial entities
org.sh – non-profit organisations
gov.sh – government departments and agencies
edu.sh – educational institutions
net.sh – network service providers
nom.sh – non-island Internet sites
Other usage of the domain
A majority of sites under the .sh domain have nothing to do with Saint Helena, Ascension or Tristan da Cunha.https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3A.sh .sh websites Google.com
Members of DeviantArt are able to go to their "stash," a service where digital media can be uploaded, stored and published.What is Sta.sh? http://help.deviantart.com/440/ DeviantArt 28 July 2013 The DeviantArt "stash" uses the .sh top level domain sta.sh.
Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla use the smo.sh domain name to link to addresses on their website, smosh.com from their YouTube channel, Smosh.Smo.sh redirect http://smo.sh/ Smosh
Skillshare uses the domain hack skl.sh to redirect to their website.
Since the .sh filename extension is also used by Unix shell scripts, this domain has been used for websites about command-line interface programs such as Homebrew.Homebrew, The missing package manager for OS X http://brew.sh Homebrew 29 March 2016
SH is the official abbreviation for the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein and the .sh domain is used for sites like nah.sh, a public transportation sitehttp://nah.sh Nahverkehr im echten Norden » NAH.SH as well as the Verbraucherzentrale (de verbraucherzentrale.sh), the SPD party (spd.sh) and for some subpages by the official Schleswig-Holstein government (e.g. wahlen.sh).
The rhythm game osu! uses the .ppy.sh domain, such as osu.ppy.sh or old.ppy.sh.osu.ppy.sh http://osu.ppy.sh/ osu!
The main fork of the popular movie torrent freeware program Popcorn Time is hosted at a .sh domain.https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/26/11119290/popcorn-time-io-movie-streaming-piracy-back-online Popcorn Time's best-known app comes back to life 2016-02-26https://torrentfreak.com/popcorn-time-fork-claims-official-relaunch-after-mpaa-shutdown-160225/ Popcorn Time Fork Claims Official Relaunch After MPAA Shutdown 2016-02-25https://heavy.com/tech/2016/02/popcorntime-sh-real-fake-owner-popcorn-time-versions-domains-ag-se-trustworthy-mpaa-what-is-difference/ PopcornTime.sh: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know Stephanie Dube Dwilson February 25, 2016 October 21, 2019 November 20, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211120103040/https://heavy.com/tech/2016/02/popcorntime-sh-real-fake-owner-popcorn-time-versions-domains-ag-se-trustworthy-mpaa-what-is-difference/ deadhttps://www.myce.com/news/popcorn-time-is-back-original-developers-post-statement-78667/ Popcorn Time is back - original developers post statement Jan Willem Aldershoff February 24, 2016 Myce.com
See also
.uk
.ac
References
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External links
IANA .sh whois information https://web.archive.org/web/20080907055132/http://www.iana.org/root-whois/sh.htm 2008-09-07
Official .sh web hosting company.
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