Category:ICANN

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is an organized,   that has responsibility for Internet Protocol (IP) address space allocation, protocol identifier assignment, 'generic Top-Level Domain' (gTLD) and 'country-code Top-Level Domain' (ccTLD) name system management, and root  server system  functions. These services were originally performed under United States Government contract by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and other entities. ICANN now performs the IANA function.

As a , ICANN is dedicated to preserving the operational stability of the ; to promoting competition; to achieving broad representation of  internet communities; and to developing  appropriate to its mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes.