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[[Image:icons_101.png|frameless|50px|left]]'''Welcome to the world of ICANN!'''<br />
[[Image:icons_101.png|frameless|50px|left]]'''Welcome to the world of ICANN!'''<br />
'''[[ICANN]]''' stands for the '''Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers'''. It is a private, non-profit organization for the management of the Internet [[DNS]], [[IP Address]]es and [[Autonomous System Numbers]], and the structures that underlie them. It runs on an international, multi-stakeholder model.
'''[[ICANN]]''' stands for the '''Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers'''. It is a private, non-profit organization for the management of the Internet [[DNS]], [[IP Address]]es and [[Autonomous System Numbers]], and the structures that underlie them. It runs on an international, multi-stakeholder model. The following bodies represent the ICANN community, which works closely with the [[ICANN Organization|ICANN Org]] and [[ICANN Board|Board]] to do its part in [[Internet Governance]].
[[Image:ICANN-Organizational-Structure.png|655px|thumbnail|right|border|ICANN Organizational Chart (Image from ICANN.org)]]
[[Image:ICANN-Organizational-Structure.png|655px|thumbnail|right|border|ICANN Organizational Chart (Image from ICANN.org)]]
==[[SO|Supporting Organizations]]==
==[[SO|Supporting Organizations]]==
*[[W3C|World Wide Web Consortium]]
*[[W3C|World Wide Web Consortium]]
*[[IAB|Internet Architecture Board]]
*[[IAB|Internet Architecture Board]]
====[[Technical Experts Group]]====
:The Technical Experts Group (TEG) is the part of ICANN's Technical Liaison Group that focuses on future technical and technological issues that warrant the Board's attention.
===[[Customer Standing Committee]]===
===[[Customer Standing Committee]]===
:The Customer Standing Committee (CSC) monitors [[PTI|Public Technical Identifiers]]' performance of the [[IANA]] naming function.
:The Customer Standing Committee (CSC) monitors [[PTI|Public Technical Identifiers]]' performance of the [[IANA]] naming function.
===[[RZERC|Root Zone Evolution Review Committee]]===
===[[RZERC|Root Zone Evolution Review Committee]]===
:The Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC) reviews architectural changes to the content, hard- and soft-ware systems, and distribution mechanisms used in the [[DNS]] [[root zone]].
:The Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC) reviews architectural changes to the content, hard- and soft-ware systems, and distribution mechanisms used in the [[DNS]] [[root zone]].