| A domain name registrar registers domain names. | | | | The board of ICANN is comprised of nineteen |
| A domain name registrar is a company accredited | | | | Directors, and nine At-Large Directors. Directors |
| by ICANN or by a national ccTLD authority or | | | | serve for one-year terms and are succeeded by |
| both to register Internet domain names. | | | | At-Large Directors. The At-Large Directors are |
| ICANN or Internet Corporation for Assigned | | | | elected by an at-large membership organization. |
| Names and Numbers is a nonprofit organization | | | | ICANN has taken various measures to oversee |
| that is responsible for IP address space allocation, | | | | the domain-name registration system's transition |
| protocol parameter assignment, domain name | | | | from government hands to private hands and to |
| system management and root server system | | | | coordinate its decentralization and the integration |
| management functions. | | | | into a global community. |
| The late Jon Postel created ICANN in 1998 in | | | | A company chosen by ICANN to register and |
| response to a policy statement issued by the US | | | | manage domain names on its behalf is a |
| Department of Commerce. ICANN has authority | | | | designated registrar. There are several domain |
| over gTLDs (Generic Top Level Domains) that | | | | registrars offering domain registration services. |
| include .com, .net and .org. The organization does | | | | Some of the top domain name registrars include |
| not have authority over ccTLDs (Country Code | | | | Go Daddy, Network Solutions, eNom, Tucows, |
| Top-Level Domains), which include .ca (Canada), | | | | Melbourne IT, Schlund.de, Register.com, Wild West |
| .uk (United Kingdom), .us (United States), .in (India), | | | | Domains (Part of Go Daddy), Moniker Online |
| .de (Germany or Deutschland), .fr (France) etc. | | | | Services, and DomainDoorman. |