During a UN summit in 2003 in Geneva, the subject was hotly debated, but the US refused to relinquish control of the Root Zone file, which is basically the key to governing the internet.

BBC: Technology

President Obama urged President Bongo Ondimba to take bold steps to root out corruption and to reform the judiciary and other key institutions to ensure the protection of human rights, and he welcomed the reforms that Gabon has taken under President Bongo Ondimba to bring more transparency and accountability to government.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

One idea that has taken root is the use of a token the size of a key fob that generates a random six-digit password every 60 seconds.

FORBES: Magazine Article

So far this has produced a low-key campaign which, by its very dullness, conveys that normal politics are taking root.

ECONOMIST: Elections in Northern Ireland

The opposition began a root-and-branch review of policy in 2010 and is expected to set out its stall on key issues in the year ahead, in the run-up to the next general election - scheduled for 2015.

BBC: UK Politics

Organisations that look after the top level domains such as .uk and .de are asking Icann to give guarantees about root server stability, given that billions of dollars of e-commerce now depend on the safe running of these key servers.

BBC: Net's servers under scrutiny