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-[ISO] standard
3166 lists official country short names and their associated two-letter country codes.
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-These are used (for example) for the 2 letter [ccTLD
] names (country-specific domains such as .[NZ]). You might be able to find the list on a GNU/Linux system in <tt>/usr/share/zoneinfo/iso3166.tab</tt>.
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-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
.
+Describe
[iso-
3166] here
.
