Overview#

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a not-for-profit Entity responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces of the Internet, ensuring the network's stable and secure operation.

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers performs the actual technical maintenance work of the central IP Address root zone registries pursuant to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) function contract.

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers in 2002 awarded management of the .org Top-Level Domain to the Public Interest Registry

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• ICANN
• Internationalized Domain Name

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• [#1] - ICANN - based on information obtained 2017-07-12-