ICANN 101

Welcome to the world of ICANN! If you are new, or even if you aren't, here are a list of important terms that you may need to know.

ICANN

Main article: ICANN

See also: ICANN Board, ICANN Staff, ICANN Meetings

ICANN stands for the "Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers." It is a private, non-profit organization for the management of the Internet DNS, IP Addresses and autonomous system numbers, and the structures that underly them. It runs on an international, multi-stakeholder model.

DNS

Main article: DNS

The DNS, or Domain Name System, is the system that translates between alphanumeric domain names and IP Addresses.

Registry

Main article: Registry

Registrar

Main article: Registrar

Registrant

A registrant is a person who has registered a domain name through a registrar.

TLD

Main article: TLD

A TLD, or Top Level Domain, is the last part of a domain name, for example: .com, .net, .org. The two most prominent types of TLDs are gTLDs and ccTLDs. Other types include the sTLD.