[Gllug] ISO 2-character country codes

[Tim Simmons]

On 31/12/02 7h41 Chris Bell wrote:

>Hello,
>   I could never remember whether the ISO code for the British Isles should
>be GB or UK, so I did a Google search, and found both listed, one as "Great
>Britain (UK)", the other as "United Kingdom". I am only trying to set up
>Debian for a friend, and it asked for the code so that the box was correct
>for use with ISDN. The friend only has a dial-up modem, but I decided I
>should get it correct anyway. I suspect that different applications may
>require different answers.

Try:
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/in
dex.html

I believe 'UK' is the 'standard' abbreviation for United Kingdom, not to 
be confused with the Alpha-2 code; 'GB'.

Tim Simmons


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