| organization that provides management of the configuration data of a network and makes these data available, in addition to supplying technical support and other administrative services to users of a network
NOTE 1 – The network information centres of the Internet form a hierarchy.
NOTE 2 – A specific network information centre is the authority which assigns the network numbers to the networks connected to the Internet.
NOTE 3 – "NIC" is an acronym of the full term.
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