UK also has about 30% of the population of the entire USA. Other interesting trivia is that the .gb ccTLD is managed by Nominet too, but as yet they have not decided to allow registrations. I think the UK may be unique in having 2 ccTLD's associated with it.
David Dorey Xsession.Com Limited ------------------------------------------------------- e : [EMAIL PROTECTED] w : http://www.xsession.com t : +44 (0)1784 460896 f : +44 (0)1784 460934 ------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Liam Delahunty Sent: 16 January 2003 16:59 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: FYI Digital Certs CSR Country Code for UK [OT] Kim Phelan wrote: >You have stumbled on a "strange but true" thing with ISO codes. >The code is GB but the description is United Kingdom. > >http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/codlstp1/en_listp1.html GB & the UK are actually different. GB is Great Britain, which comprises mainly of England, Wales & Scotland; it includes the adjacent islands but not the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man. The UK is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". Oh, we're "slightly smaller than Oregon"; http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/uk.html Kind regards, Liam Delahunty Mega Products Limited, 10-11 Moor Street, Soho, London W1D 5NF http://www.onlinesales.co.uk/ Open Source PHP/MySQL E-commerce http://www.liamdelahunty.com/ web/ design/ database/ programming http://www.britstream.com/ Hosting/ Domain Names From UKP 7.50 p.a.
