RIR

One of five nonprofit bodies that hand out IP addresses (glossary)IP Internet Protocol The internet's basic rules for sending data, using numeric addresses for every connected device. Full definition of IP and network numbers. Each covers one region: Africa, Asia-Pacific, Canada and the United States with some Caribbean islands, Latin America with other Caribbean islands, or Europe with the Middle East and Central Asia. They handle numbers, not domain names (glossary)domain name A readable internet name made of labels separated by dots. Full definition of domain name. They form the Number Resource Organization and take part in ICANN (glossary)ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN through the Address Supporting Organization.