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'''CORE''' is a non-profit corporation created to administer the worldwide registration of new domain names on the internet, the original names involved were: [[.firm]], [[.shop]], [[.web]], [[.arts]], [[.rec]], [[.info]] and [[.nom]]. CORE was launched through work with leaders in internet governance and liberalization, [[ISOC]], and [[IANA]] in the fall 1996.<ref>[http://www.corenic.org/background.htm Corenic Background]</ref> It is an ICANN accredited registrar

'''CORE''' is a non-profit corporation created to administer the worldwide registration of new domain names on the internet, the original names involved were: [[.firm]], [[.shop]], [[.web]], [[.arts]], [[.rec]], [[.info]] and [[.nom]]. CORE was launched through work with leaders in internet governance and liberalization, [[ISOC]], and [[IANA]] in the fall 1996.<ref>[http://www.corenic.org/background.htm Corenic Background]</ref> It is an ICANN accredited registrar.

==History==

CORE grew out of the Memorandum of Understanding, or [[MoU]], which involved hundreds of companies and individuals. Those involved believed that the internet was ill-equipped, from its inception as a mainly academic resource, to grow into its role as a community tool that needed more competition and de-regulation.

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-'''CORE''' is a non-profit corporation created to administer the worldwide registration of new domain names on the internet, the original names involved were: [[.firm]], [[.shop]], [[.web]], [[.arts]], [[.rec]], [[.info]] and [[.nom]]. CORE was launched through work with leaders in internet governance and liberalization, [[ISOC]], and [[IANA]] in the fall 1996.<ref>[http://www.corenic.org/background.htm Corenic Background]</ref> It is an ICANN accredited registrar
+'''CORE''' is a non-profit corporation created to administer the worldwide registration of new domain names on the internet, the original names involved were: [[.firm]], [[.shop]], [[.web]], [[.arts]], [[.rec]], [[.info]] and [[.nom]]. CORE was launched through work with leaders in internet governance and liberalization, [[ISOC]], and [[IANA]] in the fall 1996.<ref>[http://www.corenic.org/background.htm Corenic Background]</ref> It is an ICANN accredited registrar.
 ==History==
 CORE grew out of the Memorandum of Understanding, or [[MoU]], which involved hundreds of companies and individuals. Those involved believed that the internet was ill-equipped, from its inception as a mainly academic resource, to grow into its role as a community tool that needed more competition and de-regulation.