organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces of the Internet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ICANN (pronounced /aɪkæn/, eye-can) is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ICANN is a non-profit corporation that was made on September 18, 1998.
| Founded | September 18, 1998 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Marina Del Rey, California |
| Focus | Manage the allocation of IP addresses and the Domain Name System (DNS) root |
| Website | www.icann.org |
It oversees Internet-related tasks that used to be done by Internet Assigned Numbers Authority for the U.S. government. ICANN is located in Marina Del Rey, California, United States.
ICANN manages the assignment of domain names and IP addresses. To date, much of its work is about making new generic top-level domains.
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