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| − | + | Glossary of terms commonly used by the ICANN Community | |
| − | == | + | ==Actors/Roles== |
| − | + | *[[NIC]] – A network information center manages a registry and contracts with the registrars accredited to sell domains under a given TLD. | |
| − | + | *[[Registrant]] – A person who has registered a domain name through a registrar. | |
| − | [[ | + | *[[Registrar]] – A company that is authorized to sell domain names. |
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==Communities of Practice== | ==Communities of Practice== | ||
| − | + | *[[CCT]] | |
| + | *[[GA]] | ||
| + | *[[GCOT]] | ||
| + | *[[ICANN Studienkreis]] | ||
| + | *[[IESG]] | ||
| + | *[[IRT]] | ||
| + | *[[JIG]] | ||
| + | *[[MAG]] | ||
| + | *[[RSTEP]] | ||
| + | *[[TDG]] | ||
| + | *[[TLG]] | ||
| + | ===Working Groups/Work Parties=== | ||
| + | *[[FFWG]] | ||
| + | *[[IDN WG]] | ||
| + | *[[PDP-WT]] | ||
| + | *[[PEDNR WG]] | ||
| + | *[[RAP WG]] | ||
| + | *[[VIWG]] | ||
| + | *[[WGIG]] | ||
| + | ===Task Forces=== | ||
| + | *[[IETF]] – The Internet Engineering Task Force is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. | ||
| + | *[[Whois Task Force]] | ||
| + | ===Draft Teams=== | ||
| + | *[[STI-DT]] | ||
| + | ===Committees=== | ||
| + | *[[BGC]] | ||
| + | *[[CEO Search Committee]] | ||
| + | *[[OSC]] | ||
| + | *[[PPSC]] | ||
| + | *[[SIC]] | ||
| + | *[[TMC]] | ||
| + | ==Databases== | ||
| + | *[[Registry]] – a database of all domain names registered under a certain TLD. | ||
==Documents== | ==Documents== | ||
| − | == | + | ==Organizations== |
| − | + | *[[ICANN]] | |
| − | + | *[[ISOC]] – The Internet Society | |
| − | + | ==Processes== | |
| − | + | *[[Public Comment]] | |
| − | == [[ | + | ===Programs=== |
| − | + | *[[Fellowship Program]] | |
| − | + | *[[New gTLD Program]] – a process by which ICANN accepts applications to add new TLDs to the Root Zone. | |
| − | == [[ | + | *[[NextGen@ICANN]] |
| − | + | ==Internet Architecture== | |
| − | + | ===Domain Name System=== | |
| − | + | *[[DNS]] – The Domain Name System translates between alphanumeric domain names and IP Addresses. | |
| − | + | *[[Root Zone]] – | |
| − | == | + | ===Protocols=== |
| − | + | ====Domain Name==== | |
| − | + | *[[Domain Name]] – An identification string that represents an IP resource, such as a computer, website, or service. | |
| − | The | + | *[[TLD]] – A '''Top Level Domain (TLD)''' is the last part of a domain name |
| − | + | *[[ccTLD]] – A Country-Code Top Level Domain is a TLD with two characters, originally designed for a particular country, sovereign state, or autonomous territory. | |
| − | == | + | *[[gTLD]] – A '''Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD)''' refers to any TLD that is not a ccTLD. |
| − | + | *[[IDN]] – An Internationalized Domain Names is formed using characters from different scripts, such as Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, or Devanagari. These are encoded by the Unicode standard following IDN protocol | |
| − | + | *[[DNSSEC]] | |
| − | + | *[[IP]] – Internet Protocol is the means by which data is sent from one computer to another via an Internet connection. | |
| − | === | + | *[[Internet Protocol Suite]] |
| − | + | *[[IPv4]] | |
| − | + | *[[IPv6]] | |
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Revision as of 20:49, 10 February 2021
Glossary of terms commonly used by the ICANN Community
Actors/Roles
- NIC – A network information center manages a registry and contracts with the registrars accredited to sell domains under a given TLD.
- Registrant – A person who has registered a domain name through a registrar.
- Registrar – A company that is authorized to sell domain names.
Communities of Practice
Working Groups/Work Parties
Task Forces
- IETF – The Internet Engineering Task Force is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet.
- Whois Task Force
Draft Teams
Committees
Databases
- Registry – a database of all domain names registered under a certain TLD.
Documents
Organizations
Processes
Programs
- Fellowship Program
- New gTLD Program – a process by which ICANN accepts applications to add new TLDs to the Root Zone.
- NextGen@ICANN
Internet Architecture
Domain Name System
- DNS – The Domain Name System translates between alphanumeric domain names and IP Addresses.
- Root Zone –
Protocols
Domain Name
- Domain Name – An identification string that represents an IP resource, such as a computer, website, or service.
- TLD – A Top Level Domain (TLD) is the last part of a domain name
- ccTLD – A Country-Code Top Level Domain is a TLD with two characters, originally designed for a particular country, sovereign state, or autonomous territory.
- gTLD – A Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) refers to any TLD that is not a ccTLD.
- IDN – An Internationalized Domain Names is formed using characters from different scripts, such as Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, or Devanagari. These are encoded by the Unicode standard following IDN protocol
- DNSSEC
- IP – Internet Protocol is the means by which data is sent from one computer to another via an Internet connection.
- Internet Protocol Suite
- IPv4
- IPv6
Subcategories
This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
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Pages in category "Glossary"
The following 174 pages are in this category, out of 174 total.
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- I* Leaders
- IANA Functions Stewardship Transition
- ICANN Bylaws
- ICANN Fellow
- ICANN Meetings
- ICANN Reviews
- IDN email
- IDN WG
- Independent Objector
- Intellectual Property
- Internationalized Domain Name
- Internet
- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
- Internet Layer
- Internet Protocol
- Internet Service Provider
- Internet Standards Process
- IP
- IP Address
- IPOC
- IPv4
- IPv6
- IRIS
- Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy
- ISPA
- ISPAI
- IXP