Terminology

This list controls the terms that are captured by the Lingo extension and made into pop-ups.

ICANN structure

CPH

Contracted Party House

NCPH

Non-Contracted Party House

CSG

Commercial Stakeholder Group

NCSG

Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group

GAC

Governmental Advisory Committee

ALAC

At-Large Advisory Committee

ICANN technical

DAAR

Domain Abuse Activity Reporting

UDRP

Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy

SLD

Second Level Domain

TLD

Top-Level Domain

PDP

Policy Development Process

IRP

Independent Review Process

UDRP

Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy

IG technical

RFC

Request For Comments

Technologies

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

IDN

Internationalized Domain Name

IXP

Internet Exchange Point

Contracted Parties House. Includes the Registries Stakeholder Group and the Registrars Stakeholder Group (ICANN Bylaws).

Non-Contracted Parties House. Includes the Commercial Stakeholder Group and the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (ICANN Bylaws).

Commercial Stakeholder Group. Represents the full range of large and small commercial entities of the Internet, including the Business Constituency, Intellectual Property Constituency and the Internet Service Providers and Connectivity Providers Constituency (ICANN Bylaws).

Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group. Represents the full range of non-commercial entities of the Internet (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the At-Large Advisory Committee.

Governmental Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN as they relate to concerns of governments, particularly matters where there may be an interaction between ICANN's policies and various laws and international agreements or where they may affect public policy issues (ICANN Bylaws).

At-Large Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN related to the interests of individual Internet users (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group.

Domain Abuse Activity Reporting

Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy

Second Level Domain

Top-Level Domain

Policy Development Process

Independent Review Process

Request For Comments

File Transfer Protocol

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

Internationalized Domain Name

Internet Exchange Point