Internet Governance and Domains
This page:
Big Picture |
URLs and Domains |
Standards and Standards Bodies
Big Picture
- An Atlas of Cyberspaces - Maps of the 'Net, both conceptual and geographical
- Matrix Information and Directory Services, publishers of Matrix Maps Quarterly, Matrix News, and the Internet Weather Report - The Internet's geography, growth, and traffic
- Internet Traffic Report - Flow of data worldwide
URLs and Domains
- A Beginner's Guide to URLs
- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) handles IP numbers
- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) handles domain names
- Table of Top-Level Domains (e.g., .com, .org, .uk)
- Web Interfaces to Traceroute
- Amnesi - Search domains even if you can't remember the whole name; traceroute; reverse IP lookup
How data gets from one location to another:
(Traceroute may also be available on your own network)
Standards and Standards Bodies
See also
- IANA and ICANN, above
- Internet Standards and RFCs
- Internet Society - The people who cooperate to make the Internet possible
- Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) - The major standards body