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Many registries reuse common [[top-level ___domain]] names at the second-level such as "com", "net" and "org", e.g. <tt>[[.com.sg]]</tt>.
 
Other countries have their own second-level names. For example, [[United Kingdom]] ([[.uk]]) has <tt>[[.co (second level)|.co]].uk</tt> (commercial) and <tt>[[.ac (second level)|.ac]].uk</tt> (academic).
 
Brazil ([[.br]]) is probably the country with the highest number of restricted second-level domains,<ref>Most countries have unrestricted second level domains, which puts the value in the thousands.</ref> currently amounting to 66; they range from <tt>.com.br</tt> for commercial activities, <tt>.vet.br</tt> for veterinarians, to <tt>.wiki.br</tt> for wikis.<ref>http://registro.br/info/dpn.html</ref>