GNSO

The part of ICANN (glossary)ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN that develops policy for generic top-level domains (gTLDs (glossary)gTLD generic top-level domain A top-level domain not tied to a country, run under ICANN contracts. Full definition of gTLD). It brings together registries (glossary)registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry, registrars (glossary)registrar A company that registers domain names for customers with the registry. Full definition of registrar, businesses, intellectual property owners, internet providers and non-commercial groups. Its Council manages policy work and sends recommendations to the ICANN Board (glossary)ICANN Board ICANN's board of directors, which adopts policies and approves key decisions. Full definition of ICANN Board.