(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)