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[[Rod Beckstrom]] CEO and President
[[Rod Beckstrom]] CEO and President
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
'''ICANN''' is an acronym for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a global multi-stakeholder organization that was created and empowered through actions by the U.S. government and its [[Department of Commerce]].<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/general/icann-mou-25nov98.htm ICANN DOC MoU]</ref> It coordinates the Internet [[DNS]], [[IP]] addresses and [[AS]] numbers; which involves a continued management of these evolving systems and the protocols that underly them.
While ICANN has its roots in the U.S. government, it is now, and continues to strive to be, a community driven, international organization. Their management of an interoperable Internet covers 180 million [[domain names]], the allocation of more than 4 billion network addresses, and the support of a trillion odd [[DNS]] look-ups everyday across 240 countries.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/strategic-plan/strategic-plan-2010-2013-19feb10-en.pdf ICANN Strategic Plan 2010]</ref>
ICANN collaborates with companies, individuals, and governments to ensure the continued success of the Internet. It holds meetings three times a year, switching its international location for each meeting; one of these serves as the annual general meeting when the new ICANN board members take their seats.<ref>[http://meetings.icann.org/about ICANN About Meetings]</ref>
==The Beginning==
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