• A function of ICANN that is responsible for the allocation of globally unique names and numbers that are used in Internet protocols, and for the assignment of Internet numbers which are numerical identifier assigned to an Internet resource or used in the networking protocols of the Internet protocol suite. Examples include IP addresses and autonomous system (AS) numbers. IANA was founded in 1988. ← Wikipedia ↑ iana.org

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