Editing APNIC (section)

{{Short description|Regional Internet registry for the Asia Pacific region}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
| logo                     = APNIC logo.svg
| type                     = 
| founded_date             = {{start date and age|df=yes|1993|01|15}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=A New Regional Network Information Center is Initiated|url=http://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/info/articles/isoc_newsletter.1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010509060410/http://ftp.apnic.net:80/apnic/info/articles/isoc_newsletter.1 |archive-date=9 May 2001 }}</ref>
| founder                  = 
| location                 = [[Brisbane]], Queensland, Australia
| origins                  = 
| leader_name3             = Yoshinobu Matsuzaki
| key_people               = 
| area_served              = 
| product                  = 
| focus                    = Allocation and registration of [[IP address]] space
| method                   = 
| revenue                  = 
| endowment                = 
| num_volunteers           = 
| num_employees            = 122
| num_members              = 7,828
| subsib                   = 
| owner                    = 
| leader_title             = Chair of Executive Council
| leader_name              = [[Kenny Huang (Taiwanese)|Kenny Huang]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apnic.net/about-apnic/organization/structure/apnic-executive-council/ec-members/|title=EC members|access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref>
| leader_title2            = Secretary of Executive Council
| leader_name2             = Roopinder Singh Perhar
| leader_title3            = Treasurer of Executive Council
| Non-profit_slogan        = 
| homepage                 = {{URL|//www.apnic.net}}
| dissolved                = 
| footnotes                = 
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[[File:APNIC.jpg|thumb|APNIC offices]]

'''APNIC''' (the '''Asia Pacific Network Information Centre''') is the regional Internet address registry ([[regional Internet registry|RIR]]) for the [[Asia–Pacific]] region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Number Resources |url=https://www.iana.org/numbers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250328091517/https://www.iana.org/numbers |archive-date=2025-03-28 |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=IANA}}</ref> It is one of the world's five RIRs and is part of the Number Resource Organization ([[Number Resource Organization|NRO]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the NRO |url=https://www.nro.net/about/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250315200609/https://www.nro.net/about/ |archive-date=2025-03-15 |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=The Number Resource Organization}}</ref>

APNIC provides [[Autonomous system (Internet)|numbers resource allocation and registration services]] that support the global operation of the internet. It is a [[nonprofit organization|nonprofit]], membership-based organization whose members include [[Internet service provider]]s, telecommunication providers, data centers, universities, banks, [[National Internet registry|national Internet registries]], and similar organizations that have their own networks.