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