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ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is an internationally organized non-profit corporation located in Marina Del Rey, CA.They are dedicated to:
- Preserving the operational stability of the Internet
- Promoting competition
- Achieving broad representation of global Internet communities
- Developing policy appropriate to its mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes.
While they offer a number of functions and services, most notably ICANN is responsible for managing the assignment of domain names and IP addresses, including generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) and country code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs).