Domain registry for sale. (Headlines).On December 31, 2002, the .org registry, which is home to many associations and nonprofit organizations' Web sites internationally, will be up for sale in a bidding process that will see the registry switch hands to a new managing organization. The U.S. Commerce Department, to help ensure healthy competition in the market, created the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers See ICANN. (body, networking) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - (ICANN) The non-profit corporation that was formed to assume responsibility for IP address allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system (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 ), a not-for-profit corporation A not-for-profit corporation is a corporation created by statute, government or judicial authority that is not intended to provide a profit to the owners or members. A corporation that is organized to provide profits to its owners or members is a for-profit corporation. designed to oversee and manage the registry and other specifics for Web operations. On December 31, the current contract for the org registry expires, and ICANN is soliciting proposals from other organizations to take over its operation. ICANN reports more than 2,700,000 "second-level domains," and the corporation is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. an organization that will preserve a stable registry, taking into account the special interests and needs of nonprofit organizations. To view ICANN's request for proposals, visit www.icann.org. |
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