What is ICANN?
{{Infobox Non-profit | Non-profit_name = ICANN | Non-profit_logo = | Non-profit_type = | founded_date = [[September 18]], [[1998]] | founder = | location = [[Marina del Rey, California]] | origins = | key_people = | area_served = | product = | focus = Manage the allocation of IP addresses and the Domain Name System (DNS) root | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | subsib = | owner = | Non-profit_slogan = | homepage = [https://www.icann.org www.icann.org] | dissolved = | footnotes = }} [[File:Icannheadquarters.jpg|thumb|right|250px|ICANN headquarters at [[Information Sciences Institute|USC ISI]]]] '''ICANN''' ({{pronEng|aɪkæn}}, eye-can) is the '''Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers'''. ICANN is a [[non-profit]] [[corporation]] that was made on [[September 18]], [[1998]]. == Functions == It oversees [[Internet]]-related tasks that used to be done by [[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]] for the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]]. ICANN is located in [[Marina Del Rey, California|Marina Del Rey]], [[California]], [[United States]]. ICANN manages the assignment of [[domain name]]s and [[IP address]]es. To date, much of its work is about making new generic [[top-level domain]]s. == Other websites == * [https://www.icann.org/ ICANN website] [[Category:Domain Name System]] [[Category:Non-profit organizations of California]]