ICANN facts for kids
| Founded | September 18, 1998 |
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| Headquarters | Marina Del Rey, California |
| Focus | Manage Internet Protocol numbers and Domain Name System root |
| Website | www.icann.org |
ICANN (pronounced /aɪkæn/, eye-can) is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ICANN is a non-profit corporation that was made on September 18, 1998.
Functions
It oversees Internet-related tasks that used to be done by Internet Assigned Numbers Authority for the U.S. government. ICANN is located in Marina Del Rey, California, United States.
ICANN manages the assignment of domain names and IP addresses. To date, much of its work is about making new generic top-level domains.
Images for kids
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ICANN headquarters in the Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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ICANN meeting, Los Angeles USA, 2007. The sign refers to Vint Cerf, then chairman of the board of directors, who is working on the so-called Interplanetary Internet.
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Governmental Advisory Committee representatives
See also
In Spanish: Corporación de Internet para la Asignación de Nombres y Números para niños
