registry transition

Moving the running of a TLD (glossary)TLD top-level domain The last part of a domain name, after the final dot. Full definition of TLD from one operator or 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 another. It can follow a sale, a new contract or a failure. ICANN (glossary)ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN has set processes for gTLDs (glossary)gTLD generic top-level domain A top-level domain not tied to a country, run under ICANN contracts. Full definition of gTLD, and a change of back-end must be approved and tested. Registrars (glossary)registrar A company that registers domain names for customers with the registry. Full definition of registrar may need to connect to a new system.