IDN Introduction Biggest Technical Change to Internet in Its 40-Year History, Says ICANN Chairman
The Internet is on the verge of undergoing one of its most significant changes in its 40-year history. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is finalizing plans to introduce non-Latin characters such as Arabic, Korean, Greek, Hindi, Japanese and Cyrillic. Non-Latin domain names—commonly referred to as Internationalized Domain Names or IDNs—could be up and running as early as middle of next year according to ICANN. Peter Dengate Thrush, chairman of the ICANN board, told reporters: “This is the biggest change technically to the Internet since it was invented 40 years ago… [a] fantastically complicated technical feature.”
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