1. THE INTERNET INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS

2. THE INTERNET INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS INTERNET REGISTRAR Since it’s beginning, the Internet has grown from x4 computers to tens millions of computers Origins of the Internet, 1969 1969

3. THE INTERNET INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS INTERNET REGISTRAR A text file held all the different IP addresses and mapped them to computers. This soon began to fill up. Network Information Centre Text file

4. THE INTERNET INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS INTERNET REGISTRAR The University of Wisconsin created the Domain Name System (DNS) which maps text names to IP addresses. This is a distributed database, but there are central name servers at it’s core. 1983 University of Wisconsin

5. THE INTERNET INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS INTERNET REGISTRAR The Internet Society was formed began to oversee the formulation of policies & protocols. 1992

6. THE INTERNET INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS INTERNET REGISTRAR 1993 Central Database

7. THE INTERNET INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS INTERNET REGISTRAR 1993 Central Database Network Solutions.

8. THE INTERNET INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS INTERNET REGISTRAR The US government decided, so that Network solutions did not have a monopoly in the industry, other companies should also be able to sell domain names 1993 Central Database Network Solutions. Other Company

9. THE INTERNET INTERNET REGISTRIES & INTERNET REGISTRARS INTERNET REGISTRAR These companies are called, ‘Registrars’ Network Solutions. Other Company