ADVISORY/The Great Internet Landrush -- The Internet Landscape is Changing -- ICANN CEO/President M. Stuart Lynn August 15 Through 17.Business Editors & High-Tech high-tech also hi-tech adj. Informal Of, relating to, or resembling high technology. high-tech Adjective same as hi-tech Adj. 1. Writers ADVISORY...for Wednesday through Friday (Aug. 15 to 17) --(BUSINESS WIRE)
WHO: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN) President/CEO M. Stuart Lynn
WHAT: Available for interviews
WHERE: Washington D.C.
Potential Topics: -- Why these new top level domains -- .biz, .info and .name -- What these new tlds mean to the average Internet user? -- Lynn's vision and ICANN's role with the Internet -- The future of the Internet from a global perspective -- What are the global issues of the Internet? -- What is ICANN doing for the international Internet user? -- How ICANN plans to keep the Internet functioning and stable -- What is the real "root" of the problem with additional domain names? -- Why the standard root system is so important to the stability of the Internet -- Is the Internet running out of space in 5-10 years? Alternatives? What is ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, www.icann.org) A non-profit, international association founded in 1998 and incorporated in the U.S. It is the successor to IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), which manages Internet addresses, domain names and the huge number ? ICANN is a technical coordination body for the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . Created in October 1998 by a broad coalition of the Internet's business, technical, academic and user communities. ICANN assumes responsibility for a set of technical functions previously performed under U.S. government contract by IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, www.iana.org) An operating unit of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) that serves as a registry for both IP addresses and for a variety of protocol numbers. IANA is not an ISP and does not provide any network services. (Internet Assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. Names Authority) and other groups. Specifically, ICANN coordinates the assignment of the following identifiers that must be globally unique for the Internet to function: -- Internet domain names An organization's unique name on the Internet. The chosen name combined with a top level domain (TLD), such as .com or .org, also called a "domain extension," makes up the Internet domain name. For example, computerlanguage.com is the domain name for the publisher of this Encyclopedia. -- IP address numbers -- Protocol parameter (1) Any value passed to a program by the user or by another program in order to customize the program for a particular purpose. A parameter may be anything; for example, a file name, a coordinate, a range of values, a money amount or a code of some kind. and port numbers ICANN is a non-profit, private-sector corporation, dedicated to preserving the operational stability of the Internet; to promoting competition; to achieving broad representation of global Internet communities; and to developing policy through private-sector, bottom-up, consensus-based means. To schedule an interview: Please contact Mary Hewitt at 310/823-9358, Ext. 5801 or email at Hewitt@icann.org. |
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