Internet Governance and Domains
This page:
	Big Picture | 
	URLs and Domains | 
	Standards and Standards Bodies
Big Picture
- An Atlas of Cyberspaces - Maps of the 'Net, both conceptual and geographical
 - Matrix Information and Directory Services, publishers of Matrix Maps Quarterly, Matrix News, and the Internet Weather Report - The Internet's geography, growth, and traffic
 - Internet Traffic Report - Flow of data worldwide
 
URLs and Domains
See also
- Table of Top-Level Domains (e.g., .com, .org, .uk) 

 - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) handles IP numbers
 - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) handles domain names
 - Whois - Find out who's behind a domain name (Network Solutions)
 - Dotster - Domains and hosting
 - Upperhost - Reviews of hosting services
 - Web Interfaces to Traceroute
 - Amnesi - Search domains even if you can't remember the whole name; traceroute; reverse IP lookup
 
How to Get a Domain and Get Hosted:
How data gets from one location to another:
(Traceroute may also be available on your own network)
Standards and Standards Bodies
See also
- IANA and ICANN, above
 
- Internet Standards and RFCs
 - Internet Society - The people who cooperate to make the Internet possible
 - Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) - The major standards body