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IANA or Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

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One of the key bodies overseeing Internet networking. IANA governs top-level domains—represented by the final part of Web domain names, such as .com, .org, or .edu. It also governs IP address allocation and TCP and UDP port number assignment.

See Also: Internet; IP Address; TCP/IP or Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol; User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

About, Inc. 2004. IANA. [Online, 2004.] About, Inc. Website. http:// compnetworking.about.com/library/glossary/bldef-iana.htm.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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