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Glossary of Acronyms
Acronym
Explanation
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ACP
Administrative Challenge Panels
http://www.gtld-mou.org/docs/tracps.htm
http://www.gtld-mou.org/docs/dispute.html
ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution
http://www.gtld-mou.org/docs/dispute.html
AFA
Association des Fournisseurs d'Acces à Internet (French Access Providers Association)
http://www.afa-france.com
AFTLD
African ccTLDs
http://www.wwtld.org/aftld.txt
AIRA
American Internet Registrants Association
http://www.aira.org
APRAM
Association des Practiciens den Droits des Marques et des Modèles
APTLD
Council of the Asia Pacific country code Top Level Domains
http://www.aptld.org
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
CENTR
Council of European National Top level domain Registries
http://www.ripe.net/centr/
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/docs/core-mou.htm
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
ENRED
Foro Latinoamericano de Redes
http://www.reuna.cl/vi-foro/
ETNO
European Public Telecommunications Network Operators Association
http://www.etno.be
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
ICANN
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
http://www.icann.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
LACTLD
Latin America and Caribbean ccTLDs
http://www.wwtld.org/lactld.txt
MARQUES
Association of European Brand Owners
http://www.martex.co.uk/marques/
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
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
WWTLD
World-wide Alliance of Top Level Domains
http://www.wwtld.org