---
title: IANA
slug: Glossary/IANA
tags:
  - Glossary
  - Infrastructure
---
**IANA** (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) is a subsidiary of {{glossary("ICANN")}} charged with recording and/or assigning {{glossary("domain name","domain names")}}, {{glossary("IP address","IP addresses")}}, and other names and numbers used by Internet {{glossary("protocol","protocols")}}.

## See also

- [Official website](https://www.iana.org/)
- {{interwiki("wikipedia", "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority", "IANA")}} on Wikipedia
