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ICANN Managed Root Server(IMRS)
The collection of root server instances that is operated by ICANN. Formerly known as the L-Root server, the IMRS responds to the Internet Protocol (IP) address for the “L” authoritative name server. The IMRS is known within the Domain Name System (DNS) as L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.