Who Runs The Internet? Not Google, Know Who and How

 Who controls the Internet? Google, Yahoo, Apple or Bing comes the answer, because it is what we think and the most probable. But does it actually, then it’s a big No. The fact is that Google which is such a large entity and the de facto search engine which accounts for more than a quarter of all Internet traffic, is not sufficient to handle the internet. One other shock in addition to this is that even Web, considered the King is not even one of them.

 So who, what and how many are the questions that will be fired once going through the introduction? Internet is much bigger than Google or any other such giants, in fact it requires six different departments that are dedicated in managing internet on the scale we see today, reports BGR.

The six departments are listed below in countdown:

6. International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Its Objective: This unit is dedicated to issues of international information and communication technologies.

 Its Work: Responsible for the radio frequencies on earth as well as space, without its careful planning satellites in space might be crashing.

Its Power: The ITU is sort of a high court, any country with issues regarding internet can approach them for the help.

4. The Internet Society (ISOC)

Its Objective: Maintain the vision that the internet is for everyone and endorse it.

Its Work: They work to ensure that internet revels with up-to-date information instead of getting stale.

Its Power: They check and keep in control of the domains by taking care of not letting the domains empower more than they have the right to. For Example: An .org domain is for only non-commercial use and not more.

3. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

Its Objective: The IETF provides people with high quality, relevant information by monitoring how they design, manage and influence the internet.

Its Work: They help the internet developers by supplying them the material needed and teaching them the ways which impact the improvement of internet.

Its Power: IETF is a voluntary organization that strives to make the Internet a better place and work better.

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5. Internet Architecture Board (IAB)

Its Objective: Overseeing Engineering and technical development of Internet.

Its Work: As Internet is an ever expanding business, the task in the hands of the IAB is to make sure the internet’s global systems are up to the level.

Its Power: Maintain the technical standards of internet and make sure it doesn’t deviate, the IAB is a panel of elected officials who take the decisions that impact TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and IP (Internet Protocol).

The Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Its Objective: With so many internet connections and everyone with a particular identity, this is where ICANN comes in it maintains and makes sure that no two connections have the same IP address.

Its Work: Sets the limitations on the internet, making sure everyone knows their border.

Its Power: Without ICANN there will be identity crisis and chaos as to where or who we are on the internet.

1.Internet Service Providers (ISPS)

Its Objective: All the internet that surrounds you like a net, whether it be phone, computer, broadband is all the doing of ISPS.

Its Work: Supplying internet access to everyone irrespective of place, country and domain.

source:siliconindia