ccTLD retirement

The process for removing a country code domain from the root zone (glossary)root zone The top of the DNS, listing every TLD and its name servers. Full definition of root zone after its code is dropped from the ISO 3166-1 (glossary)ISO 3166-1 The standard list of country codes that decides which ccTLDs can exist. Full definition of ISO 3166-1 list, for example when a country stops existing. IANA (glossary)IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority The functions that coordinate the root zone, IP addresses and protocol numbers. Full definition of IANA sets a transition period, five years by default and ten at most, so users can move elsewhere.