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title: "PIR"
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# PIR

Public Interest Registry

The nonprofit registry operator of .org and a few related TLDs. It also funds the NetBeacon Institute, which works against DNS abuse. Its decisions about .org pricing and policy are often in industry news.

## related terms

- [registry operator](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry-operator/)
- [NetBeacon Institute](https://tldlog.com/glossary/netbeacon-institute/)
- [price cap](https://tldlog.com/glossary/price-cap/)