(American Registry for Internet Numbers, Chantilly, VA, www.arin.net) An organization founded in 1997 to dispense IP addresses in North and South America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. This was previous handled by Network Solutions, Inc., (InterNIC), which manages domain names. The European and Asian counterparts of ARIN are Researux IP Europeens (RIPE) and Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC). See IP address and Network Solutions.
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