ICANN

company that regulates Internet domain name and address registration (was formed in 1998 as an effort decentralize and privatize these services)

ICANN (IPA /aɪkæn/) is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Headquartered in Marina Del Rey, California, ICANN is a California non-profit corporation that was created on September 18, 1998 in order to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks previously performed directly on behalf of the U.S. Government by other organizations, notably IANA.
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

the non-profit corporation tasked with the management of Internet names and addresses.