(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, www.icann.org) A non-profit, international association incorporated in the U.S. in 1998. ICANN coordinates all the Internet's naming, addressing and protocol systems, and it accredits domain name registrars. For a list of more than a thousand active registrars worldwide, visit www.icann.org/en/registrars/accredited-list.html. ICANN's Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) operating unit maintains the official repositories of data and function definitions pertaining to domains, addressing and protocols (see IANA). See IGF and how to register a domain name.
ICANN ACCREDITED DOMAINS Top O-perator Level or Domain Purpose S-ponsor .com Commercial O-Verisign .net Networks O-Verisign .org Organizations O-Public Interest Registry .aero Aviation S-SITA .asia Asia S-DotAsia .biz Business O-NeuStar .cat Catalan S-Fundacio puntCat .coop Cooperatives S-Dot Corporation .info Information O-Afilias Ltd. .mobi Mobile S-mTLD Ltd. .museum Museums S-MuseDoma .name Individuals O-Global Name Registry .pro Licensed O-RegistryPro .tel Contacts O-Telnic Ltd. .travel Travel S-Tralliance Corporation
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