Glossary of Acronyms - last update September 1, 1998
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Glossary of Acronyms - last update September 1, 1998 |
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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