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id: "afnic"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "Afnic"
language: "en"
category: "Industry roles and organizations"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:11:42Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/afnic/"
translations:
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  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/afnic/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/afnic/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/afnic/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/afnic/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/afnic/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/afnic/"
---

# Afnic

Association française pour le nommage Internet en coopération

The nonprofit association that runs .fr, the country code domain of France, along with several French overseas TLDs. It also provides the technical registry systems for some gTLDs. It is a frequent voice in European ccTLD news.

## related terms

- [ccTLD](https://tldlog.com/glossary/cctld/)
- [ccTLD manager](https://tldlog.com/glossary/cctld-manager/)
- [CENTR](https://tldlog.com/glossary/centr/)
- [back-end provider](https://tldlog.com/glossary/back-end-provider/)