<s>
.im	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
Internet	B-Application
country	I-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	O
domain	O
(	O
ccTLD	B-Application
)	O
for	O
the	O
Isle	O
of	O
Man	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
.im	B-General_Concept
registration	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
anyone	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
including	O
one	O
,	O
two	O
,	O
and	O
three	O
letter	O
domains	O
directly	O
under	O
.im	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
opens	O
up	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
.im	B-General_Concept
domain	B-Application
hacks	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
domain	O
has	O
gained	O
popularity	O
among	O
companies	O
who	O
produce	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
(	O
IM	O
)	O
software	O
with	O
names	O
registered	O
by	O
Adium	B-Protocol
,	O
ejabberd	B-Protocol
,	O
Coccinella	B-Protocol
,	O
Gitter	B-Protocol
,	O
Meebo	B-Protocol
,	O
Pandion	O
,	O
Pidgin	B-Protocol
,	O
Prosody	B-Language
,	O
Trillian	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
.IM	B-General_Concept
is	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
German-	O
,	O
French	O
-	O
and	O
Italian-speaking	O
countries	O
(	O
i.e.	O
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