registry operator

The organization that holds the contract or mandate to run a TLD (glossary)TLD top-level domain The last part of a domain name, after the final dot. Full definition of TLD and sets its rules, such as who may register and at what wholesale price (glossary)wholesale price What a registry charges a registrar for each domain name. Full definition of wholesale price. For a gTLD (glossary)gTLD generic top-level domain A top-level domain not tied to a country, run under ICANN contracts. Full definition of gTLD this is a Registry Agreement (glossary)Registry Agreement The contract between ICANN and a gTLD registry operator. Full definition of Registry Agreement with ICANN (glossary)ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN, and for a ccTLD (glossary)ccTLD country code top-level domain A top-level domain for a country or territory, usually two letters long. Full definition of ccTLD a local framework. It may hire a back-end provider (glossary)back-end provider A company that runs a TLD's technical systems for the registry operator. Full definition of back-end provider to run the registry (glossary)registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry's technical system.