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This list controls the terms that are captured by the Lingo extension and rendered as pop-ups when any user hovers over each word.

The syntax used here can be found over at ICANNWiki:Documentation.

ICANN structure[edit | edit source]

ALAC: 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.
ASO: Address Supporting Organization. Advises the Board with respect to policy issues relating to the operation, assignment, and management of Internet addresses (ICANN Bylaws).
BC: Business Constituency
ccNSO: Country Code Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board global policies relating to country-code top-level domains (ICANN Bylaws).
CPH: Contracted Parties House. Includes the Registries Stakeholder Group and the Registrars Stakeholder Group (ICANN Bylaws).
CSG: 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).
DNSO: Deprecated. Domain Name Supporting Organization. Predecessor of the Generic Names Supporting Organization, which advised the Board with respect to policy issues relating to the Domain Name System (ICANN Bylaws).
GAC: 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).
GNSO: Generic Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities set forth in the Bylaws (ICANN Bylaws).
IPC: Intellectual Property Constituency
ISPCP: ISPs and Connectivity Providers Constituency
NCPH: Non-Contracted Parties House. Includes the Commercial Stakeholder Group and the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (ICANN Bylaws).
NCSG: 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.
NCUC: Non-Commercial Users Constituency
NPOC: Not-for-Profit Organizations Constituency
NomCom: Nominating Committee
NRO: Number Resource Organization
PSO: Deprecated. Protocol Supporting Organization.
PTI: Public Technical Identifiers
RALO: Regional At-Large Organization
RSSAC: Root Server System Advisory Committee. Advises the ICANN community and Board on matters relating to the operation, administration, security, and integrity of the Internet's Root Server System (ICANN Bylaws).
SSAC: Security and Stability Advisory Committee. Advises the ICANN community and Board on matters relating to the security and integrity of the Internet's naming and address allocation systems (ICANN Bylaws).

Regional Internet Registries[edit | edit source]

AFRINIC: African Network Information Center
APNIC: Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
ARIN: American Registry for Internet Numbers
LACNIC: Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry
RIPE NCC: Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre
RIR: Regional Internet Registry

ICANN terms[edit | edit source]

ccTLD
ccTLDs: Country code top-level domain, as determined by "ISO 3166: Country Codes".
DAAR: Domain Abuse Activity Reporting
EPDP: Expedited Policy Development Process
gTLD
gTLDs: Generic Top-level Domain
IRP: Independent Review Process
PDP
PDPs: Policy Development Process
RAA: Registrar Accreditation Agreement
SLD
SLDs: Second Level Domain
SOI: Statement of Interest
TLD
TLDs: Top-Level Domain
UDRP: Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
URS: Uniform Rapid Suspension System

Internet Governance and adjacent bodies[edit | edit source]

APWG: Anti-Phishing Working Group
CENTR: Council for European National Top Level Domain Registries
DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation
FIRST: Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
IAB: Internet Architecture Board
IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force
IGF: Internet Governance Forum
INTA: International Trademark Association
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
ISOC: Internet Society
ITU: International Telecommunication Union
M3AAWG: Messaging Malware Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group
MAG: Multistakeholder Advisory Group
NSF: National Science Foundation
NTIA: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
OECD: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
UASG: Universal Acceptance Steering Group
W3C: World Wide Web Consortium
WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization
WSIS: World Summit on the Information Society

Internet governance and adjacent terms[edit | edit source]

ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASN
ASNs: Autonomous System Numbers
CERT
CERTs: Computer Emergency Response Team
CSAM: Child Sexual Abuse Material
DNSSEC: Domain Name System Security Extensions
GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation
HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
IDN
IDNs: Internationalized Domain Name
ISP
ISPs: Internet Service Provider
IXP
IXPs: Internet Exchange Point
LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
MoU: Memorandum of Understanding
PTT: Postal, Telegraph, and Telephone Service
RDAP: Registration Data Access Protocol
RFC
RFCs: Request For Comments

Historical Internet governance bodies[edit | edit source]

ARPANET: Advanced Research Project Agency Network

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-The syntax used here can be found over at [[Meta:ICANNWiki Content Planning]].
+The syntax used here can be found over at [[ICANNWiki:Documentation]].
 == ICANN structure ==
-;ALAC:[[At-Large Advisory Committee]]. Consider and provides advice on the activities of ICANN related to the interests of individual Internet users (''ICANN Bylaws'').
+;ALAC:[[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]].
-;ccNSO:[[Country Code Names Supporting Organization]]. Develops and recommends to the ICANN Board global policies relating to country-code top-level domains (''ICANN Bylaws'').
+;ASO:[[Address Supporting Organization]]. Advises the Board with respect to policy issues relating to the operation, assignment, and management of Internet addresses (''ICANN Bylaws'').
+;BC:[[Business Constituency]]
+;ccNSO:[[Country Code Names Supporting Organization]]. Develops and recommends to the Board global policies relating to country-code top-level domains (''ICANN Bylaws'').
 ;CPH:[[Contracted Parties House]]. Includes the [[Registries Stakeholder Group]] and the [[Registrars Stakeholder Group]] (''ICANN Bylaws'').
 ;CSG:[[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'').
-;GAC:[[Governmental Advisory Committee]]
+;DNSO:''Deprecated''. [[Domain Name Supporting Organization]]. Predecessor of the Generic Names Supporting Organization, which advised the Board with respect to policy issues relating to the Domain Name System (''ICANN Bylaws'').
-;GNSO:[[Generic Names Supporting Organization]]
+;GAC:[[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'').
+;GNSO:[[Generic Names Supporting Organization]]. Develops and recommends to the Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities set forth in the Bylaws (''ICANN Bylaws'').
+;IPC:[[Intellectual Property Constituency]]
+;ISPCP:[[ISPs and Connectivity Providers Constituency]]
 ;NCPH:[[Non-Contracted Parties House]]. Includes the [[Commercial Stakeholder Group]] and the [[Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group]] (''ICANN Bylaws'').
 ;NCSG:[[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]].
+;NCUC:[[Non-Commercial Users Constituency]]
+;NPOC:[[Not-for-Profit Organizations Constituency]]
+;NomCom: [[Nominating Committee]]
+;NRO:[[Number Resource Organization]]
+;PSO:''Deprecated''. [[Protocol Supporting Organization]].
+;PTI:[[Public Technical Identifiers]]
+;RALO:[[Regional At-Large Organization]]
 ;RSSAC:[[Root Server System Advisory Committee]]. Advises the ICANN community and Board on matters relating to the operation, administration, security, and integrity of the Internet's [[Root Server System]] (''ICANN Bylaws'').
 ;SSAC:[[Security and Stability Advisory Committee]]. Advises the ICANN community and Board on matters relating to the security and integrity of the Internet's naming and address allocation systems (''ICANN Bylaws'').
-== ICANN technical ==
+=== Regional Internet Registries ===
-;ccTLD:[[Country code top-level domain]]
+;AFRINIC:[[African Network Information Center]]
+;APNIC:[[Asia Pacific Network Information Centre]]
+;ARIN:[[American Registry for Internet Numbers]]
+;LACNIC:[[Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry]]
+;RIPE NCC:[[Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre]]
+;RIR:[[Regional Internet Registry]]
+== ICANN terms ==
+;ccTLD
+;ccTLDs
+:[[Country code top-level domain]], as determined by "ISO 3166: Country Codes".
 ;DAAR:[[Domain Abuse Activity Reporting]]
-;UDRP:[[Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy]]
+;EPDP:[[Expedited Policy Development Process]]
-;SLD:[[Second Level Domain]]
+;gTLD
-;TLD:[[Top-Level Domain]]
+;gTLDs
-;PDP:[[Policy Development Process]]
+:[[Generic Top-level Domain]]
 ;IRP:[[Independent Review Process]]
+;PDP
+;PDPs
+:[[Policy Development Process]]
+;RAA:[[Registrar Accreditation Agreement]]
+;SLD
+;SLDs
+:[[Second Level Domain]]
+;SOI:[[Statement of Interest]]
+;TLD
+;TLDs
+:[[Top-Level Domain]]
 ;UDRP:[[Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy]]
+;URS:[[Uniform Rapid Suspension System]]
-== IG technical ==
+== Internet Governance and adjacent bodies ==
+;APWG:[[Anti-Phishing Working Group]]
+;CENTR:[[Council for European National Top Level Domain Registries]]
+;DARPA:[[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]]
+;EFF:[[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]
+;FIRST:[[Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams]]
+;IAB:[[Internet Architecture Board]]
+;IANA:[[Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]]
+;IEEE:[[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]]
+;IETF:[[Internet Engineering Task Force]]
+;IGF:[[Internet Governance Forum]]
+;INTA:[[International Trademark Association]]
+;ISO:[[International Organization for Standardization]]
+;ISOC:[[Internet Society]]
+;ITU:[[International Telecommunication Union]]
+;M3AAWG:[[Messaging Malware Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group]]
+;MAG:[[Multistakeholder Advisory Group]]
+;NSF:[[National Science Foundation]]
+;NTIA:[[National Telecommunications and Information Administration]]
+;OECD:[[Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development]]
+;UASG:[[Universal Acceptance Steering Group]]
+;W3C:[[World Wide Web Consortium]]
+;WIPO:[[World Intellectual Property Organization]]
+;WSIS:[[World Summit on the Information Society]]
-;RFC:[[Request For Comments]]
+== Internet governance and adjacent terms ==
+;ASCII:[[American Standard Code for Information Interchange]]
+;ASN
+;ASNs
+:[[Autonomous System Numbers]]
+;CERT
+;CERTs
+:[[Computer Emergency Response Team]]
+;CSAM:Child Sexual Abuse Material
+;DNSSEC:[[Domain Name System Security Extensions]]
+;GDPR:[[General Data Protection Regulation]]
+;HTTP:[[Hypertext Transfer Protocol]]
+;IDN
+;IDNs
+:[[Internationalized Domain Name]]
+;ISP
+;ISPs
+:[[Internet Service Provider]]
+;IXP
+;IXPs
+:[[Internet Exchange Point]]
+;LDAP:[[Lightweight Directory Access Protocol]]
+;MoU:[[Memorandum of Understanding]]
+;PTT:Postal, Telegraph, and Telephone Service
+;RDAP:[[Registration Data Access Protocol]]
+;RFC
+;RFCs
+:[[Request For Comments]]
-== Technologies ==
+== Historical Internet governance bodies ==
+;ARPANET:[[Advanced Research Project Agency Network]]
-;FTP:[[File Transfer Protocol]]
-;HTTP:[[Hypertext Transfer Protocol]]
-;IDN:[[Internationalized Domain Name]]
-;IXP:[[Internet Exchange Point]]