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by dharmab 872 days ago
ISO created the country codes in 1974, prior to the invention of DNS.
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Surely some of these country codes have come about after the dawn of DNS.

I wonder if we'll see newly formed countries angling for names that will get valuable abbreviations

Haha, this is both informative and deadpan. Thanks. :)
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