Network Information Center
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The Network Information Center (NIC) was an early administrative and coordination body for the ARPANET and the emerging Internet, responsible for managing hostnames, addresses, and key technical documentation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Network Information Center canonical | 3 |
| SRI International Network Information Center | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ARPANET administrative body
ⓘ
internet governance organization ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | NIC ⓘ |
| basedOn | funding from ARPA ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolvedInto | distributed Internet governance structures ⓘ |
| employer | Elizabeth J. Feinler ⓘ |
| endDate | early 1990s ⓘ |
| field |
computer networking
ⓘ
internet administration ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Douglas Engelbart ⓘ |
| hasRole |
central information clearinghouse for ARPANET
ⓘ
central registry for ARPANET ⓘ coordination point for network standards documentation ⓘ |
| headedBy | Elizabeth J. Feinler ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early Internet era ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Menlo Park, California ⓘ |
| notableWork |
ARPANET
ⓘ
surface form:
ARPANET hostnames registry
RFC index and distribution ⓘ early domain name registry ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Stanford Research Institute
ⓘ
surface form:
SRI International
Stanford Research Institute ⓘ |
| partOf |
ARPANET
ⓘ
early Internet infrastructure ⓘ |
| predecessorOf |
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ⓘ
surface form:
ICANN
VeriSign ⓘ
surface form:
InterNIC
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ⓘ |
| providedServiceTo |
ARPANET users
ⓘ
U.S. government agencies ⓘ early Internet service operators ⓘ research institutions ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
IP address allocation for ARPANET hosts
ⓘ
RFC distribution ⓘ address management ⓘ assignment of other Internet parameters ⓘ assignment of port numbers ⓘ assignment of protocol numbers ⓘ coordination of network information services ⓘ distribution of host tables ⓘ host table maintenance ⓘ hostname management ⓘ maintenance of Internet protocol documentation ⓘ maintenance of RFC archive ⓘ management of top-level domains in early Internet ⓘ network documentation services ⓘ user support for ARPANET ⓘ |
| sponsor | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ⓘ |
| startDate | 1970 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.