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Glossary of Acronyms

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AcronymExplanationMore Information
ACPAdministrative Challenge Panelshttp://www.gtld-mou.org/docs/tracps.htm
http://www.gtld-mou.org/docs/dispute.html
ADRAlternative Dispute Resolutionhttp://www.gtld-mou.org/docs/dispute.html
AFAAssociation des Fournisseurs d'Acces à Internet (French Access Providers Association)http://www.afa-france.com
AFNIC (NIC-France)Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopérationhttp://www.nic.fr
AfriNICAfrican NIChttp://www.afrinic.org
AFTLDAfrican ccTLDshttp://www.wwtld.org/aftld.txt
AIRAAmerican Internet Registrants Associationhttp://www.aira.org
APRAMAssociation des Practiciens en Droits des Marques et des Modèles-
APTLDCouncil of the Asia Pacific country code Top Level Domainshttp://www.aptld.org
APNGAsia Pacific Networking Group (APNG)http://www.apng.org
APNICAsia-Pacific Network Information Centerhttp://www.apnic.net
ARINAmerican Registry for Internet Numbers.http://www.arin.net
ARPAAdvanced Research Projects Agency (See also DARPA)http://www.darpa.mil
BINDBerkeley Internet Name Domainhttp://www.isc.org/bind.html
CABASECamara Argentina de Internet, el Comercio Electrónico, los Contenidos y Servicios On Linehttp://www.cabase.org.ar
CAIPCanadian Association of Internet Providershttp://www.caip.ca
CDTCenter for Democracy and Technologyhttp://www.cdt.org
CENTRCouncil of European National Top level domain Registrieshttp://www.centr.org
CIGREFClub Informatique des Grandes Entreprises Françaiseshttp://www.cigref.fr
CNRICorporation for National Research Initiativeshttp://www.cnri.reston.va.us
CORECouncil of Registrarshttp://www.corenic.org
CORE-MoUCouncil of Registrars Memorandum of Understandinghttp://www.gtld-mou.org/docs/core-mou.htm
DARPADefense Advanced Research Projects Agencyhttp://www.darpa.mil
DNSDomain Name System-
DOCUS Department of Commercehttp://www.doc.gov
ECEuropean Commission/European Communityhttp://europa.eu.int
ECTAEuropean Communities Trade Mark Associationhttp://www.ecta.org
eCOMLACFederacion Latinoamericana y del Caribe para Internet y el Comercio Electronicohttp://www.ecom-lac.org
ENREDForo Latinoamericano de Redeshttp://www.reuna.cl/vi-foro/
ETNOEuropean Public Telecommunications Network Operators Associationhttp://www.etno.be
ETSIEuropean Telecommunications Standards Institutehttp://www.etsi.fr
http://www.etsi.org
EuroInternetEuropean Internet Business Associationhttp://www.eurointernet.org
EuroISPAEuropean Internet Services Provider Associationshttp://www.euroispa.org
FCCUS Federal Communications Commissionhttp://www.fcc.gov
GNSOGeneric Names Supporting Organisationhttp://gnso.icann.org
gTLDgeneric Top Level Domain (not associated with country code)-
gTLD-MoUGeneric Top Level Domain Memorandum of Understandinghttp://www.gtld-mou.org
IABInternet Architecture Boardhttp://www.iab.org/iab
IAHCInternational Ad Hoc Committeehttp://www.iahc.org
IANAInternet Assigned Numbers Authorityhttp://www.iana.org
ICANNInternet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbershttp://www.icann.org
ICCInternational Chamber of Commercehttp://www.iccwbo.org
IETFInternet Engineering Task Forcehttp://www.ietf.org
IESGInternet Engineering Steering Grouphttp://www.ietf.org/iesg.html
INTAInternational Trademark Associationhttp://www.inta.org
IOPS.ORGGroup of commercial Internet Service Providershttp://www.iops.org
iPOCgTLD-MoU Interim Policy Oversight Committeehttp://www.gtld-mou.org
ISOInternational Organization for Standardizationhttp://www.iso.ch
ISOCInternet Societyhttp://www.isoc.org
ISPInternet Service Provider-
ISPA-ukInternet Services Providers Association of the UKhttp://www.ispa.org.uk/
ITAAInformation Technology Association of Americahttp://www.itaa.org
ITUInternational Telecommunication Unionhttp://www.itu.int
LACTLDLatin American and Caribbean ccTLDshttp://www.lactld.org
MARQUESAssociation of European Brand Ownershttp://www.martex.co.uk/marques/
MoUMemorandum of Understanding-
MPAAMotion Picture Association of Americahttp://www.mpaa.org
NANCNorth American Numbering Council-
NANPNorth American Numbering Plan-
NCUCNon Commercial Users Constituency-
NICNetwork Information Center-
NSFUS National Science Foundationhttp://www.nsf.gov
NSINetwork Solutions, Inc.http://www.netsol.com
NSI RegistrarThe initial Registry-Registrars functions of the NSI has been splitted into two names: NSI Registry and NSI Registrar.http://www.netsol.com
VeriSign Global Registry ServicesSep 2000: the name "NSI Registry" has been changed to "VeriSign Global Registry Services"http://www.netsol.com
NTIAUS National Telecommunications and Information Agencyhttp://www.ntia.doc.gov
OECDOrganization for Economic Co-operation and Developmenthttp://www.oecd.org
PABgTLD-MoU Policy Advisory Bodyhttp://www.gtld-mou.org
POCgTLD-MoU Policy Oversight Committeehttp://www.gtld-mou.org
RFCRequest for Comments-
RIPERéseaux IP Européenshttp://www.ripe.net
SRSShared Registratry Systemhttp://www.gtld-mou.org/press/core-1.htm
TCP/IPTransmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol-
TLDTop Level Domain-
URLUniform Resource Locator-
USPTOUnited States Patent and Trademark Officehttp://www.uspto.gov
WIPOWorld Intellectual Property Organizationhttp://www.wipo.int
WTOWorld Trade Organizationhttp://www.wto.org
WWTLDWorld-wide Alliance of Top Level Domainshttp://www.wwtld.org