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| | Wired News: New Registry for IP Numbers |
 | | IP numbers are used by computers to identify Web sites and are linked to name domain addresses, such as www.wired.com. |
 | | The registry will handle IP numbers in North America, Latin America, South Africa, and the Caribbean, and will function much like comparative organizations RIPE, which manages IP numbers in Europe and the Middle East, and ARNIC, which is in Asia. |
 | | The new registry has been endorsed by the Internet Assigned Number Authority - a clearinghouse that assigns and coordinates the use of numerous Internet numbering parameters - and by a federal interagency working group on domain-name policy. |
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