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Verisign runs two of the world's thirteen root servers: a.root-servers.net and j.root-servers.net, which are considered national IT assets by the U.S. Federal government.<ref name="factsheet"></ref> Verisign's average daily [[DNS|Domain Name System]] (DNS) query load for the first quarter of 2012 was 66 billion, with a peak of 74 billion; this represents a daily average increase of 4 percent over the previous quarter, while the peak decreased 37 percent.<ref>[http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/internet-grows-to-more-than-233-million-domain-names-in-the-first-quarter-of-2012-nasdaq-vrsn-1679901.htm Internet Grows to More than 233 million Domain names In The First Quarter]. Market Wire. Published 2012 July 13.</ref> | Verisign runs two of the world's thirteen root servers: a.root-servers.net and j.root-servers.net, which are considered national IT assets by the U.S. Federal government.<ref name="factsheet"></ref> Verisign's average daily [[DNS|Domain Name System]] (DNS) query load for the first quarter of 2012 was 66 billion, with a peak of 74 billion; this represents a daily average increase of 4 percent over the previous quarter, while the peak decreased 37 percent.<ref>[http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/internet-grows-to-more-than-233-million-domain-names-in-the-first-quarter-of-2012-nasdaq-vrsn-1679901.htm Internet Grows to More than 233 million Domain names In The First Quarter]. Market Wire. Published 2012 July 13.</ref> | ||
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Verisign is an Internet infrastructure service provider. It is based in Reston, VA and was founded in 1995. The company has offices around the world, in Virginia, California, Washington D.C., India, Brazil, China, Australia, Switzerland, and the UK.
Its registry services include operating the authoritative directory for the following TLDs:
Verisign runs two of the world's thirteen root servers: a.root-servers.net and j.root-servers.net, which are considered national IT assets by the U.S. Federal government.[1] Verisign's average daily Domain Name System (DNS) query load for the first quarter of 2012 was 66 billion, with a peak of 74 billion; this represents a daily average increase of 4 percent over the previous quarter, while the peak decreased 37 percent.[2]
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