What is .gb?
{{Infobox Top level domain|name=.gb|background=#CCF|introduced=24 July 1985|type=[[Country code top-level domain]]|status=Unused (reserved)|actualuse=Fallen into disuse in favour of '''[[.uk]]'''|restrictions=No registrations presently being taken|structure=Government sites formerly found under '''[[Government of the United Kingdom|hmg]].gb'''|document=|disputepolicy=|website=|image=Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg|intendeduse=Entities connected with Great Britain (the [[United Kingdom]])|registry=[[JANET]] ([[Jisc]])}} '''.gb''' is a reserved [[country code]] [[top-level domain]] for the [[:en:United_Kingdom|United Kingdom]], derived from [[:en:Great_Britain|'''G'''reat '''B'''ritain]]. The domain [[.uk]] was reserved shortly after the creation of .gb, making .gb unpopular and never widely used. At a unknown date, they made it so you could no longer able to register a .gb domain. .gb was used for some time, mainly by the British government and email services. [[Category:Country codes]]