ICANN

British  

/ ˈaɪkæn /

acronym

1. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

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Example Sentences

Esther Dyson, the founding chair of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Icann, the organization that oversees domain names and web addresses, said Farber was also something of the conscience in the community from which the internet was born, a role he maintained until he died, Feb. 7, at the age of 91.

From The Wall Street Journal

Likewise, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, is an organization that has successfully promoted discussion and decision-making among diverse internet actors, especially by leveraging its multistakeholder governance model.

From Slate

Up until 2016, for instance, the U.S. government held the power to veto some of ICANN’s decisions about the internet under the contracts it issued to the organization.

From Slate

Not long after, the Commerce Department announced that it was taking steps to stop administering ICANN’s contract in order to make the organization more fully independent of the US government and in 2016 the last contract officially ended.

From Slate

A favorite Russian target is a group of experts known as ICANN, which oversees the internet’s system of domain names.

From Washington Post