| .tf | |
| Introduced: | 26 August 1997 |
| Type: | Country code top-level domain |
| Status: | Active |
| Registry: | AFNIC |
| Sponsor: | AFNIC |
| Intendeduse: | Entities connected with the |
| Actualuse: | Mostly used for websites related to the video game Team Fortress 2 |
| Structure: | Registrations are made at second level |
| Document: | ICANN redelegation resolution |
| Website: | nic.tf |
| Dnssec: | yes |
.tf is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Along with .fr, .pm, .re, .wf and .yt it is administered by AFNIC. Before 23 October 2004, Adamsnames, based in Cambridge in the United Kingdom, administered this TLD.
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands are territories either recognised as French or claimed by France but suspended under the Antarctic Treaty System, and the domain name derives from the French, Terres australes et antarctiques françaises. Part of the French claim includes a section of the continent of Antarctica, creating an overlap between .tf and the general Antarctica domain .aq.
The .tf domain-name has popular usage for sites related to the game Team Fortress 2 (TF2). Many of these sites are commonly used for marketing of virtual goods originating from Team Fortress 2 and, by extension, the Steam Community Market. Examples of these sites are backpack.tf, scrap.tf, and marketplace.tf, which all facilitate trade relating to TF2 items and goods.[1] Some of these sites are also created for tracking game and match data for TF2 competitive leagues. Sites like logs.tf, demos.tf, trends.tf, and more.tf receive data from third-party game servers to log player performance in the game's community competitive scene.[2]