NIR

The national organization responsible for assigning Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to Local Internet Registries (LIRs) that, in turn, assign them to Internet Service Providers (ISPs).The NIR receives address assignments from a Regional Internet Registry (RIR). In some nations, there is no NIR, so an RIR assigns IP addresses directly to the LIRs. See also IANA, IP, IP address, ISP, LIR, and RIR.