LIR

LIR definition - telecom
The local organization responsible for assigning Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The LIR receives IP address assignments from a National Internet Registry (NIR) or Regional Internet Registry (RIR) that receives address assignments from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). See also IANA, IP, IP address, ISP, NIR, and RIR.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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