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Short names and two-letter codes for countries. Used among others for the 2 letter [ccTLD] names such as <tt>.nz</tt>, <tt>.uk</tt> or <tt>.de</tt>. You might be able to find the list on a [GNU/Linux] system in <tt>/usr/share/zoneinfo/iso3166.tab</tt>.
Note that the ISO 3166 code for the United Kingdom is GB, not UK. This is the only exception to the correspondence between ISO 3166 country codes and [ccTLD] assignments.
- There was a minor kerfuffle in 2004(?)
when some [ISO] staffer proposed charging royalties to anyone using the 2-letter codes in their business, although those plans were quickly dropped following the predictable outcry.
+ There was a minor kerfuffle in 2003
when some [ISO] staffer [
proposed charging royalties|http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=iso+3166+royalties]
to anyone using the 2-letter codes in their business, although those plans were quickly dropped following the predictable outcry.
__ISO 8859__::
A list of 8-bit character encodings extending [ASCII] for various European alphabets.
