WHOIS database provides context to two different data types: Domain information and Internet Number Resources (IP address, ASN) information. For the domain information, The WHOIS database on a registry server usually gets updated in a few hours when the domain registrars provide the WHOIS data to them. On the Internet Number Resources side, the data is provided by the 5 RIRs. Pinfo, on a 24-hour cycle, downloads both types of IP WHOIS data from all relevant sources and then processes it to make it uniformly consistent and user-friendly.