(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
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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
