The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is a nonprofit organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces and numerical spaces of the Internet, ensuring the network's stable and secure operation. ICANN performs the actual technical maintenance work of the central Internet address pools and DNS root registries pursuant to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) function contract. The organization's headquarters are in Los Angeles, California. ICANN was created on September 18, 1998, and incorporated on September 30, 1998.