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'''Alternative Root Servers''' or the '''Alternative Domain Servers''' provides users with alternative gTLDs not currently available in ICANN space. The control of the official [[Internet]] is mostly in the hands of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ([[ICANN]]). [[IANA]], a department of [[ICANN]], has full control over the ‘root’ server, which is a file on a computer that is kept at Herndon, Virginia. This file works as the official list of domain names on the Internet.  <ref name="link1">[http://www.iana.org/about]</ref>

'''Alternative Root Servers''' or the '''Alternative Domain Servers''' provides users with alternative gTLDs not currently available in ICANN space. The control of the official [[Internet]] is mostly in the hands of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ([[ICANN]]). [[IANA]], a department of [[ICANN]], has full control over the ‘root’ server, which is a file on a computer that is kept at Herndon, Virginia. This file works as the official list of domain names on the Internet.  <ref name="link1">[http://www.iana.org/about]</ref>

The [[DNS]] is a hierarchical system designed to allow humans to use text strings to access content or services in place of IP addresses on a global information network. Operating systems have been distributed for decades with the listing of default DNS servers to use as the authoritative place to obtain an answer when searching for a [[TLD]]. There are 13 [[Root Zone Operators]]s in that file, and they comprise the [[Internet]]'s main DNS root. In addition to the Internet's main DNS root working in agreement with [[ICANN]], several organizations operate Alternative Root Servers (often referred to as "alt roots"). Each alternative root has its own set of root nameservers and its own set of TLDs.

The [[DNS]] is a hierarchical system designed to allow humans to use text strings to access content or services in place of IP addresses on a global information network. Operating systems have been distributed for decades with the listing of default DNS servers to use as the authoritative place to obtain an answer when searching for a [[TLD]]. There are 13 [[Root Server Operator]]s in that file, and they comprise the [[Internet]]'s main DNS root. In addition to the Internet's main DNS root working in agreement with [[ICANN]], several organizations operate Alternative Root Servers (often referred to as "alt roots"). Each alternative root has its own set of root nameservers and its own set of TLDs.

==Alternative Root or Registry Projects==

==Alternative Root or Registry Projects==