The Internet is a great means to many things, whether it’s to search for information, to purchase goods, speak with friends, and much, much more. The thing is, it’s such a massive and complex system which needs a governing body to control and deal with it properly. There are four distinct groups which run the Internet, and they are the International Corporation for Assigned names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet Society (ISOC), the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), each of which are tasked with a different assignment to help run the Internet.
ICANN is an international organization which is tasked with assigning web addresses and domain to users, as well as charge annual fees to domain owners for their privileges. ISOC is an international membership not bound by any one government, which promotes the orderly use and further development of the Internet—the latter part falls more onto the directives of IAB, which is a sub-group within ISOC that specifically deals with decisions for policies concerning operations and the progressive development of the Internet. Lastly, IETF is an international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and smooth operation of the Internet: Basically, they oversee any technical matters that may occur within the Internet, and work to not only rectify any problem, but also improve upon the existing infrastructure of the Internet.
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