Country Codes is a small database of country codes and additional information for more than 250 countries. It displays their location (continent), ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2-3 codes and ISO number as well as IDDD (International Direct Distance Dialing) country code and flag, FIPS PUB 10-4 and TLD (Top Level Domain) code and the current time in the
country, IOC Code, ISO Currency Code and language abbreviation
3-char name. The program provides checkboxes, that allow you to copy all or just selected information to the clipboard. In addition, it provides a handy link for each country that launches your browser with detailed information from the CIA World Fact
Book and from the NationMaster website. It also provides options
such as exporting to HTML file for printing or other uses. You can
even extract the name of country from numeric IP addresses using
IP2LocationÖ database and program will automatically display the related
information to that country.
Below table explains about each field responsibility:
Country name: |
As shown in "Administrative Subdivisions of
Countries" |
Long name: |
The complete country name which is not commonly
used. |
Type: |
Displays the type of selected country. |
Dependency Of: |
no argue! |
Location: |
Where country is located (continent) |
TLD code: |
AKA ccTLD which stands for CountryCode Top Level
Domain. See
this list by IANA. |
ISO Alpha-2: |
Alpha-2 codes from ISO 3166-1. See
this list. |
ISO Alpha-3: |
Alpha-3 codes from ISO 3166-1 (synonymous with World Bank Codes) |
ISO Number: |
Numeric codes from ISO 3166-1 |
IOC: |
Codes assigned by the International
Olympics Committee. These codes identify the nationality of athletes and teams during Olympic events. |
ISO Currency Code: |
The 3-letter code of country currency
unit. |
Language abb.: |
Language name abbreviation, based on NLS
Information for Microsoft Windows XP |
FIPS: |
Codes from the U.S. standard FIPS PUB 10-4. |
GMT Deviation: |
Difference between country local time and Greenwich
Mean Time in hour. |
Extra Information I & II: |
Provided links
will give you a lot of information about each country. |
IDDD Code: |
Which stands for International Distance Direct
Dialing Code and will be used when you are going to dial a foreign
country. |
City: |
This will only list the most famous cities of
specified country with their phone code in front. You can change
the city using drop down combo box and see that GMT Deviation
changes for them.
At this time, it
is not possible to list all cities of countries and program would
not be able to handle it well. But maybe we made a new program
called CityCodes which contains information of all world cities!
Why not! Lets see what happens.
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...well I think other fields don't need any explanation. |
The MAP World
There is also a Map World (click on a MAP sign placed just upper right of
CountryCodes screen) which allows you to view the exact location of the active
country on world. You can even define a position or modify the current
location of all given countries.
Print Version
This command will convert all information to HTML tags and creates an html
file which can be used for printing purposes or even putting over WebPages.
IP2Country
You can use this option to determine where an IP (or a person) is
from. You will probably find this tool very useful if you use IRC.
Some more notes:
ISO 3166-1: The Maintenance Agency for ISO standard 3166 is part of the Deutsches Institut fⁿr Normung (DIN). It
maintains an authoritative list of ISO Alpha-2
Codes. Its list is coordinated with a list of countries used by the United Nations Statistics Division
for reporting purposes. If I understand correctly, the organization that defines ISO Alpha-3 and Numeric
Codes is actually the U.N. Statistics
Division.
TLD: The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) administers top-level domain names (.com, .edu, .org, and so on). The
majority of top-level domain names are referred to as ccTLD, or country-code Top Level Domains. They include .fr, .in,
etc. URLs with .fr as their top-level domain are supposed to be assigned to French individuals, organizations, and
companies by a French administrative body. IANA has chosen to use ISO 3166 as a basis for the ccTLDs (see their
list), and sticks to it very closely.
FIPS 10-4: The FIPS 10-4 page has an official U.S. government listing
of codes. I have been told that the Departments of State and Defense use these FIPS codes, while government agencies
dealing with international trade and cooperation use the ISO Alpha-2 codes (which are also designated FIPS 104-1, to
add to the confusion). Both sets of codes are so entrenched that it's impractical for the U.S. to standardize on just
one set.
* (c) some parts are extracted from a article written
by Gwillim Law. Click
Here
** Revised by Saber Naeemi on 27 Sep 2004
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