Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
ICANN
Pronunciation
/ˈɪntərˌnɛt ˌkɔrpərˈeɪʃən fər əˈsaɪnd neɪmz ənd ˈnəmbərz/
Category
Internet
Related Field
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Examples in Context

  1. These goals guide UNESCO in its work with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers(ICANN).
  2. The change was overwhelmingly approved Monday in Singapore in a vote of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers(ICANN), or ICANN.
  3. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers(ICANN) ( ICANN ), which approved the change at a meeting in Seoul, said in a statement it could lead to a dramatic rise in the number of Internet users.
  4. Under the new plans from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers(ICANN), non-Latin scripts such as Japanese and Cyrillic can also be used in web addresses, allowing addresses to end with almost any word in any language.
  5. Next spring the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers(ICANN) the agency that runs the web's day-to-day operations plans to allow a dramatic expansion of the 268 top-level domains, or everything after the dot.

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