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<big><b>[[ICANN Fellow]]</b></big>
<big><b>[[Registry]]</b></big>
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[[ICANN Fellow]] refers to an individual who is a member of the Internet community and recipient of a grant provided by the [[ICANN]] Fellowship Program.
A [[Registry]] is the database of all domain names registered under a certain [[TLD]]. A Registry Operator, also known as Network Information Center ([[NIC]]), refers to person(s) or entity(ies) responsible for providing registry services. These services include customer database administration, zone file publication, [[DNS]] and [[DNSSEC]] operation, marketing and policy determination. A Registry may outsource some, all, or none of these services. Different registries exist for different TLDs.
The ICANN Fellowship Program provides financial grants to 25-42 eligible individuals to attend a given [[ICANN Meetings|ICANN meeting]] as to actively contribute to ICANN processes, the [[Multistakeholder Model]] and to become part of the future leaders of the Internet governing body. The grant covers the economy class airfare, hotel accommodation, and a stipend needed to attend an ICANN conference. An effort is made to include more fellows from the region a given meeting is being held in.


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Article of the Week

Registry
A Registry is the database of all domain names registered under a certain TLD. A Registry Operator, also known as Network Information Center (NIC), refers to person(s) or entity(ies) responsible for providing registry services. These services include customer database administration, zone file publication, DNS and DNSSEC operation, marketing and policy determination. A Registry may outsource some, all, or none of these services. Different registries exist for different TLDs.

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Related: Registrar - DNS - DNSSEC


Latest Feature

Name Collision
A Name Collision describes the circumstance in which a term attempting to reach a private Domain Name results in resolving to a public Domain Name unintentionally. Private domain names are used in Intranets and in many corporations and organizations throughout the world. A domain name on a private network that matches a name in the public Internet can create security risks, confusion, and systems failure. Although the Name Collision issue is not new, a renewed interest in the issue came about in 2013 as ICANN's New gTLD Program was preparing to delegate hundreds of new domain names to the Root Zone. The topic was debated fiercely within the ICANN community when a report by Interisle Consulting was prepared for and released by ICANN.

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