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ORGANIZATIONS--Internet
- IAB: Internet Architecture Board; oversight of the architecture for the protocols and procedures used by the Internet (http://www.isi.edu/iab/)
- IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (http://www.isi.edu/iana/)
- IAHC: The International Ad Hoc Committee, working on proposals for international Top Level Domain names (http://www.iahc.org)
- IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force (http://www.ietf.org)
- InterNIC: The InterNIC offers two distinct services run by separate organizations. These are, AT and T provides Directory and Database Services; Network Solutions, Inc. provides Registration Services (http://www.internic.net)
- ISOC: Internet Society (http://info.isoc.org)
- ITU: International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency which coordinates telecommunications (http://www.itu.ch)
- Merit: NSFNet Engineering (http://rrdb.merit.edu)
- W3C: the World Wide Web Consortium, supports the stable evolution of the World Wide Web and its protocols (http://www.w3.org)
----- These are organizations that work to develop the Internet.