'''Alternative Root Servers''' or the '''Alternative Domain Servers''' provides users with alternative gTLDs not currently available in ICANN space. The control of the official [[Internet]] is mostly in the hands of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ([[ICANN]]). [[IANA]], a department of [[ICANN]], has full control over the ‘root’ server, which is a file on a computer that is kept at Herndon, Virginia. This file works as the official list of domain names on the Internet. <ref name="link1">[http://www.iana.org/about]</ref> | '''Alternative Root Servers''' or the '''Alternative Domain Servers''' provides users with alternative gTLDs not currently available in ICANN space. The control of the official [[Internet]] is mostly in the hands of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ([[ICANN]]). [[IANA]], a department of [[ICANN]], has full control over the ‘root’ server, which is a file on a computer that is kept at Herndon, Virginia. This file works as the official list of domain names on the Internet. <ref name="link1">[http://www.iana.org/about]</ref> |