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ICANN, in full Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Nonprofit private organization incorporated in 1998 and tasked with taking over from the U.S. government various administrative duties associated with running the Internet. ICANN’s functions include overseeing the top-level domains (TLDs; e.g., .com, .net, .org, .edu), registering and maintaining the directory of domain names (e.g., www.britannica.com) used in the Internet Protocol (IP), and resolving trademark disputes over domain names.
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