(InterNIC) An umbrella entity created by the National Science Foundation in Spring 1992, in cooperation with the Internet community, consisting of Network Information Service Managers who provided and/or coordinated NSFNet services.General Atomics provided information services, AT&T provided directory and database services, and {Network Solutions, Inc.} (NSI) provided registration services.In 1999 Internic was replaced by ICANN.Start ..(2003-04-16)