print email comment close Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) URL: http://www.icann.org/ Description: This organization "is responsible for managing and coordinating the Domain Name System (DNS) to ensure that every address is unique and that all users of the Internet can find all valid addresses. It does this by overseeing the distribution of unique IP addresses and domain names." The site includes recently approved top-level domains, information about where to register a domain name, a FAQ on domains, and links to further information. Publisher: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Library of Congress Subject Headings: Internet domain names LII Database Information: Record 9993 created by Carole Leita on 12/23/1998 Last modification on 05/30/2005 Published: 12/23/1998   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9993