.hk, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 30 relations: Alibaba Cloud, Alphanumericals, British Hong Kong, China, Chinese characters, Communications Authority, Communications in Hong Kong, Country code, Country code top-level domain, Dvach, English alphabet, Government of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong identity card, Hong Kong Telecom, Hyphen, ICANN, Internationalized country code top-level domain, Internationalized domain name, Internet, Macau, Markmonitor, Punycode, Russia, Simplified Chinese characters, Telecommunications industry in Hong Kong, Top-level domain, Traditional Chinese characters, .cn, .mo.

2. Internet in Hong Kong

Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud, also known as Aliyun, is a cloud computing company, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group.

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Alphanumericals

Alphanumericals or alphanumeric characters are any collection of number characters and letters in a certain language.

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British Hong Kong

Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Chinese characters

Chinese characters are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture.

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The Communications Authority is a statutory body responsible for licensing and regulating the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in Hong Kong.

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Communications in Hong Kong

Communications in Hong Kong includes a wide-ranging and sophisticated network of radio, television, telephone, Internet, and related online services, reflecting Hong Kong's thriving commerce and international importance.

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Country code

A country code is a short alphanumeric identification code for countries and dependent areas.

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Country code top-level domain

A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code.

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Dvach

Dvach (Двач, from dva "two" and "chan"), also known as 2ch, is the largest Russian anonymous imageboard.

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English alphabet

Modern English is written with a Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters, with each having both uppercase and lowercase forms.

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Government of Hong Kong

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, commonly known as the Hong Kong Government or HKSAR Government, is the executive authorities of Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Hong Kong identity card

The Hong Kong identity card (officially HKIC, commonly HKID) is an official identity document issued by the Immigration Department of Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong Telecom

HKT Limited, also known as Hong Kong Telecom, is one of the largest telecommunications companies in Hong Kong.

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Hyphen

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word.

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ICANN

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a global multistakeholder group and nonprofit organization headquartered in the United States responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces and numerical spaces of the Internet, ensuring the Internet's stable and secure operation.

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Internationalized country code top-level domain

An internationalized country code top-level domain is a top-level domain in the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet. .hk and internationalized country code top-level domain are country code top-level domains.

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Internationalized domain name

An internationalized domain name (IDN) is an Internet domain name that contains at least one label displayed in software applications, in whole or in part, in non-Latin script or alphabet or in the Latin alphabet-based characters with diacritics or ligatures.

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Internet

The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.

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Macau

Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Markmonitor

Markmonitor Inc. is an American software company founded in 1999.

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Punycode

Punycode is a representation of Unicode with the limited ASCII character subset used for Internet hostnames.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Simplified Chinese characters

Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets widely used to write the Chinese language, with the other being traditional characters.

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Telecommunications industry in Hong Kong

The Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) is the legislative body responsible for regulating the telecommunications industry in Hong Kong.

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Top-level domain

A top-level domain (TLD) is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet after the root domain.

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Traditional Chinese characters

Traditional Chinese characters are a standard set of Chinese character forms used to write Chinese languages.

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.cn

.cn is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the People's Republic of China. .hk and .cn are country code top-level domains.

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.mo

.mo is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Macau. .hk and .mo are country code top-level domains.

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See also

Internet in Hong Kong

• .hk
• A Passage a Day
• Beauty beggar
• Cantonese internet slang
• Chinese Domain Name Consortium
• Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2014
• Cyberport
• Educational Television (Hong Kong)
• HARNET
• HKChronicles
• Hong Kong Internet Exchange
• Hongkong Post
• Internet censorship in Hong Kong
• Lok Ma Chau Loop
• People's Radio Hong Kong
• The Bus Uncle

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.hk

Also known as .gov.hk, .香港.