Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues

Kruger, Lennard G.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Technology policy;    Internet;    World Wide Web;    Electronic publishing;   

RP-ID  :  97-868
RP-ID  :  97-868_2014Nov26

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the Domain Name System (DNS), which is the distributed set of databases that contain address numbers mapped to corresponding domain names, making it possible to send and receive messages and to access information on the Internet. The report includes background on the DNS and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) that manages the services, as well as related issues for the 113th Congress.