Glossary of Acronyms - last update September 1, 1998

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*Glossary of Acronyms


Acronym Explanation More Information
ACP Administrative Challenge Panels http://www.gtld-mou.org/docs/tracps.htm
http://www.gtld-mou.org/dispute.html
ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution http://www.gtld-mou.org/dispute.html
AIP Association of Internet Professionals http://www.association.org
AIRA American Internet Registrants Association http://www.aira.org
APccTLD Council of the Asia Pacific country code Top Level Domain http://www.apng.org/apcctld
APNG Asia Pacific Networking Group (APNG) http://www.apng.org
APNIC Asia-Pacific Network Information Center http://www.apnic.net
ARIN American Registry for Internet Numbers. http://www.arin.net
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency (See also DARPA) http://www.darpa.mil
BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain http://www.isc.org/bind.html
CAIP Canadian Association of Internet Providers http://www.caip.ca
CDT Center for Democracy and Technology http://www.cdt.org
CIX Commercial Internet Exchange http://www.cix.org
CNRI Corporation for National Research Initiatives http://www.cnri.reston.va.us
CORE Council of Registrars http://www.corenic.org
CORE-MoU Council of Registrars Memorandum of Understanding http://www.gtld-mou.org
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency http://www.darpa.mil
DNS Domain Name System
DOC US Department of Commerce http://www.doc.gov
EC European Commission/European Community http://www.eu.int
ETSI  European Telecommunications Standards Institute http://www.etsi.fr
http://www.etsi.org
EuroISPA European Internet Services Provider Associations http://www.euroispa.org
FCC US Federal Communications Commission http://www.fcc.gov
gTLD generic Top Level Domain (not associated with country code)
gTLD-MoU Generic Top Level Domain Memorandum of Understanding http://www.gtld-mou.org
IAB Internet Architecture Board http://www.iab.org/iab
IAHC International Ad Hoc Committee http://www.iahc.org
IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority http://www.iana.org
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force http://www.ietf.org
IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group http://www.ietf.org/iesg.html
INTA International Trademark Association http://www.inta.org
IOPS.ORG Group of commercial Internet Service Providers http://www.iops.org
iPOC gTLD-MoU Interim Policy Oversight Committee http://www.gtld-mou.org
ISA Interactive Services Association http://www.isa.net
ISO International Organization for Standardization http://www.iso.ch
ISOC Internet Society http://www.isoc.org
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISPA-uk Internet Services Providers Association of the UK http://www.ispa.org.uk/
ITAA Information Technology Association of America http://www.itaa.org
ITU International Telecommunication Union http://www.itu.int
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
NANC North American Numbering Council
NANP North American Numbering Plan
NIC Network Information Center
NSF US National Science Foundation http://www.nsf.gov
NSI Network Solutions, Inc. http://www.netsol.com
NTIA US National Telecommunications and Information Agency http://www.ntia.doc.gov
OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development http://www.oecd.org
PAB gTLD-MoU Policy Advisory Body http://www.gtld-mou.org
POC gTLD-MoU Policy Oversight Committee http://www.gtld-mou.org
RFC Request for Comments
RIPE Réseaux IP Européens http://www.ripe.net
RIPE CENTR Project through which ccTLD Registries in RIPE geographical area intend to cooperate http://www.ripe.net/centr/index.html
SRS Shared Registratry System http://www.gtld-mou.org/press/core-1.htm
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TLD Top Level Domain
URL Uniform Resource Locator
USPTO United States Patent and Trademark Office http://www.uspto.gov
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization http://www.wipo.int
WTO World Trade Organization http://www.wto.org

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