INTERNET COUNTRY CODES

AD Andorra - AE United Arab Emirates - AF Afghanistan - AG Antigua and Barbuda - AI Anguilla - AL Albania - AM Armenia - AN Netherland Antilles - AO Angola - AQ Antarctica - AR Argentina - AS American Samoa - AT Austria - AU Australia - AW Aruba - AZ Azerbaidjan - BA Bosnia-Herzegovina - BB Barbados - BD Banglades - BE Belgium - BF Burkina Faso - BG Bulgaria - BH Bahrain - BI Burundi - BJ Benin - BM Bermuda - BN Brunei Darussalam - BO Bolivia - BR Brazil - BS Bahamas - BT Buthan - BV Bouvet Island - BW Botswana - BY Belarus - BZ Belize - CA Canada - CC Cocos (Keeling) Isl. - CF Central African Rep. - CG Congo - CH Switzerland - CI Ivory Coast - CK Cook Islands - CL Chile - CM Cameroon - CN China - CO Colombia - CR Costa Rica - CS Czechoslovakia - CU Cuba - CV Cape Verde - CX Christmas Island - CY Cyprus - CZ Czech Republic - DE Germany - DJ Djibouti - DK Denmark - DM Dominica - DO Dominican Republic - DZ Algeria - EC Ecuador - EE Estonia - EG Egypt - EH Western Sahara - ES Spain - ET Ethiopia - FI Finland - FJ Fiji - FK Falkland Isl.(Malvinas) - FM Micronesia - FO Faroe Islands - FR France - FX France (European Ter.) - GA Gabon - GB Great Britain (UK) - GD Grenada - GE Georgia - GH Ghana - GI Gibraltar - GL Greenland - GP Guadeloupe (Fr.) - GQ Equatorial Guinea - GF Guyana (Fr.) - GM Gambia - GN Guinea - GR Greece - GT Guatemala - GU Guam (US) - GW Guinea Bissau - GY Guyana - HK Hong Kong - HM Heard & McDonald Isl. - HN Honduras - HR Croatia - HT Haiti - HU Hungary - ID Indonesia - IE Ireland - IL Israel - IN India - IO British Indian O. Terr. - IQ Iraq - IR Iran - IS Iceland - IT Italy - JM Jamaica - JO Jordan - JP Japan - KE Kenya - KG Kirgistan - KH Cambodia - KI Kiribati - KM Comoros - KN St.Kitts Nevis Anguilla - KP Korea (North) - KR Korea (South) - KW Kuwait - KY Cayman Islands - KZ Kazachstan - LA Laos - LB Lebanon - LC Saint Lucia - LI Liechtenstein - LK Sri Lanka - LR Liberia - LS Lesotho - LT Lithuania - LU Luxembourg - LV Latvia - LY Libya - MA Morocco - MC Monaco - MD Moldavia - MG Madagascar - MH Marshall Islands - ML Mali - MM Myanmar - MN Mongolia - MO Macau - MP Northern Mariana Isl. - MQ Martinique (Fr.) - MR Mauritania - MS Montserrat - MT Malta - MU Mauritius - MV Maldives - MW Malawi - MX Mexico - MY Malaysia - MZ Mozambique - NA Namibia - NC New Caledonia (Fr.) - NE Niger - NF Norfolk Island - NG Nigeria - NI Nicaragua - NL Netherlands - NO Norway - NP Nepal - NR Nauru - NT Neutral Zone - NU Niue - NZ New Zealand - OM Oman - PA Panama - PE Peru - PF Polynesia (Fr.) - PG Papua New - PH Philippines - PK Pakistan - PL Poland - PM St. Pierre & Miquelon - PN Pitcairn - PT Portugal - PR Puerto Rico (US) - PW Palau - PY Paraguay - QA Qatar - RE Reunion (Fr.) - RO Romania - RU Russian Federation - RW Rwanda - SA Saudi Arabia - SB Solomon Islands - SC Seychelles - SD Sudan - SE Sweden - SG Singapore - SH St. Helena - SI Slovenia - SJ Svalbard & Jan Mayen Is - SK Slovak Republic - SL Sierra Leone - SM San Marino - SN Senegal - SO Somalia - SR Suriname - ST St. Tome and Principe - SU Soviet Union - SV El Salvador - SY Syria - SZ Swaziland - TC Turks & Caicos Islands - TD Chad - TF French Southern Terr. - TG Togo - TH Thailand - TJ Tadjikistan - TK Tokelau - TM Turkmenistan - TN Tunisia - TO Tonga - TP East Timor - TR Turkey - TT Trinidad & Tobago - TV Tuvalu - TW Taiwan - TZ Tanzania - UA Ukraine - UG Uganda - UK United Kingdom - UM US Minor outlying Isl. - US United States - UY Uruguay - UZ Uzbekistan - VA Vatican City State - VC St.Vincent & Grenadines - VE Venezuela - VG Virgin Islands (British) - VI Virgin Islands (US) - VN Vietnam - VU Vanuatu - WF Wallis & Futuna Islands - WS Samoa - YE Yemen - YU Yugoslavia - ZA South Africa - ZM Zambia - ZR Zaire - ZW Zimbabwe

OTHER SUFFIXES

ARPA : Old style Arpanet - COM : US Commercial - EDU : US Educational - GOV : US Government - INT : International - MIL : US Military - NATO : Nato Field - NET : Network - ORG : Non-Profit Organisations

NEWSGROUPS

"comp" Topics of interest to both computer professionals and hobbyists, including topics in computer science, software source, and information on hardware and software systems.
"humanities" Professional and amateur topics in the arts & humanities.
"misc" Groups addressing themes not easily classified under any of the other headings or which incorporate themes from multiple categories.
"news" Groups concerned with the news network and software themselves.
"rec" Groups oriented towards the arts, hobbies and recreational activities.
"sci" Discussions marked by special and usually practical knowledge, relating to research in or application of the established sciences.
"soc" Groups primarily addressing social issues and socializing.
"talk" Groups largely debate-oriented and tending to feature long discussions without resolution and without appreciable amounts of generally useful information.

Please note that this information was collected around and up to 1998