Independent domain registries allocate domain names in a subset of the Domain Name System under a top-level or lower-level domain which is properly registered with an ICANN-accredited registrar. These registries offer lower-level domains within their name space to the public. Most of the independent domain registries operate based on an ISO 3166-1 name that is a subdomain of a higher-level domain.
Some of these registries combine the domain registry and the domain registrar functions in the administration structure, while others distribute domains via third-party registrars.
Read more about Independent Domain Registries: Operation, History
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Louis Aragon (1897–1982)