<s>
.it	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
national	O
top-level	O
domain	O
(	O
ccTLD	B-Application
)	O
assigned	O
to	O
Italy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
11	O
July	O
2012	O
,	O
.it	B-General_Concept
has	O
also	O
supported	O
internationalised	B-Language
domain	I-Language
names	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
.it	B-General_Concept
domain	O
requested	O
was	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
CNR	O
(	O
National	O
Research	O
Council	O
:	O
cnuce.cnr.it	O
)	O
;	O
the	O
request	O
was	O
sent	O
on	O
23	O
December	O
1987	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
domain	O
became	O
active	O
on	O
1	O
January	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
23	O
December	O
1987	O
,	O
IANA	O
assigned	O
the	O
.it	B-General_Concept
ccTLD	B-Application
to	O
CNUCE	O
,	O
an	O
institute	O
of	O
the	O
CNR	O
in	O
Pisa	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
name	O
registered	O
was	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
CNR	O
's	O
CNUCE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
setting-up	O
of	O
the	O
initial	O
group	O
,	O
called	O
MAIL-ITA	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
ITA-PE	O
162	O
(	O
which	O
held	O
its	O
meetings	O
at	O
the	O
CSELT	O
)	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
1998	O
saw	O
the	O
establishment	O
of	O
the	O
Italian	O
Naming	O
Authority	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
drafting	O
the	O
rules	O
for	O
assigning	O
'	O
.it	B-General_Concept
'	O
domains	O
until	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
structure	O
differed	O
from	O
the	O
Italian	O
Registration	O
Authority	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
keeping	O
the	O
Registry	O
of	O
names	O
and	O
made	O
available	O
the	O
technical	O
infrastructure	O
needed	O
to	O
maintain	O
it	O
,	O
thereby	O
also	O
including	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
authoritative	O
DNS	B-Application
delegations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
Naming	O
Authority	O
carried	O
out	O
a	O
'	O
liberalisation	O
 '	O
of	O
the	O
ccTLD	B-Application
by	O
removing	O
the	O
limit	O
on	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
domain	O
names	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
registered	O
for	O
organisations	O
of	O
any	O
kind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
'	O
.it	B-General_Concept
'	O
ccTLD	B-Application
Registry	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Registro	O
.it	B-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
registry	O
of	O
Italian	O
domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
11	O
July	O
2012	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
possible	O
to	O
register	O
.it	B-General_Concept
domains	O
with	O
non-ASCII	O
characters	O
(	O
IDN	O
)	O
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
special	O
characters	O
,	O
accented	O
letters	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Second-level	O
domains	O
are	O
the	O
ones	O
'	O
before	O
 '	O
the	O
.it	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
of	O
different	O
types	O
:	O
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