SEND ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS TO webmaster@dnso.org Glossary of Acronyms Acronym Explanation More Information 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 AFNIC (NIC-France) Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération http://www.nic.fr AfriNIC African NIC http://www.afrinic.org AFTLD African ccTLDs http://www.wwtld.org/aftld.txt AIRA American Internet Registrants Association http://www.aira.org APRAM Association des Practiciens en 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 CABASE Camara Argentina de Internet, el Comercio Electrónico, los Contenidos y Servicios On Line http://www.cabase.org.ar 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.centr.org CIGREF Club Informatique des Grandes Entreprises Françaises http://www.cigref.fr 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://europa.eu.int ECTA European Communities Trade Mark Association http://www.ecta.org eCOMLAC Federacion Latinoamericana y del Caribe para Internet y el Comercio Electronico http://www.ecom-lac.org 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 EuroInternet European Internet Business Association http://www.eurointernet.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 ICC International Chamber of Commerce http://www.iccwbo.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 American and Caribbean ccTLDs http://www.lactld.org MARQUES Association of European Brand Owners http://www.martex.co.uk/marques/ MoU Memorandum of Understanding - MPAA Motion Picture Association of America http://www.mpaa.org 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 NSI Registrar The 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 Services Sep 2000: the name "NSI Registry" has been changed to "VeriSign Global Registry Services" 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