Acronyms
This acronym list, or something similar, is found in every copy of the ICANNWiki Quick Guide.
Spanish translations provided courtesy of the South School on Internet Governance and Dominios Latinoamérica.
| Acronym | Organization or Group | Spanish Translation |
|---|---|---|
| AC | Advisory Committee | |
| AoC | Affirmations of Commitments | |
| AGB | Applicant GuideBook | |
| AFRALO | African Regional At-Large Organization | |
| AfriNIC | The African Network Information Center | Central Africano de Información de Redes |
| ALAC | At-Large Advisory Committee | Comité Asesor At-Large |
| ALS | At-Large Structure | |
| APNIC | The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre | Centro de Información de Redes del Pacifico Asiático |
| APrIGF | Asia Pacific regional Internet Governance Forum | |
| APRALO | Asia Pacific Regional At-Large Organization | |
| ARIN | American Registry for Internet Numbers | Reg. Norteamericano de Números de Internet |
| AROS | Automated Registrar Onboarding System | |
| ASO | Address Supporting Organization | Organización de Apoyo Para Direcciones |
| ASOAC | Address Supporting Organization Address Council | |
| ATRT | ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY REVIEW TEAM | |
| BAMC | Board Accountability Mechanisms Committee | |
| BC | Business Constituency | |
| BGC | Board Governance Committee | |
| BTC | Board Technical Committee | |
| CCAOI | Cyber Cafe Association Of India | |
| CLDP | Commercial Law Development program | |
| ccNSO | Country-Code Names Supporting Organization | Organización de Apoyo Nombres de Dominio con Código de País |
| ccTLD | Country-Code Top Level Domain | Dominio de Alto Nivel con Código de País |
| CCT | Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice | |
| CCWG AACT | Cross community working groups on Enhancing ICANN Accountability | |
| CCWG | Cross community working groups | |
| CENTR | Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries | association of European Internet country code top-level domain registries |
| CRISP | Consolidated RIR IANA Stewardship Proposal | |
| CSC | Customer Standing Committee | |
| CSG | Commercial Stakeholder Group | |
| CTU | Caribbean Telecommunications Union | |
| CZDS | Centralized Zonefile Data System | |
| DMLA | Dominios Latinoamérica | Dominios Latinoamérica |
| DNS | Domain Name System | Sistema de Nombres de Dominio |
| DNSSEC | Domain Name System Security Extensions | Domain Name System extensions |
| EURALO | European Regional At-Large Organization | |
| EPSRP | Extended Process Similarity Review Panel | |
| EWG | Expert Working Group | |
| FOSSFA | Free Software and Open Source Foundation | |
| FSE | Full Time Staff Equivalent | |
| GAC | Governmental Advisory Committee | Comité Asesor Gubernamental |
| GDD | Global Domains Division | |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation | |
| GNSO | Generic Names Supporting Organization | Organización de Apoyo para Nombres Genéricos |
| GSE | Global Stakeholder Engagement | |
| gTLD | Generic Top-Level Domain | Dominio Genérico de Alto Nivel |
| GeoTLD | Geographic Top-Level Domain | |
| HRIL WG | Human Rights and International Law Working Group | |
| IAB | Internet Architecture Board | |
| IANA | Internet Assigned Numbers Authority | Autoridad de Números Asignados en Internet |
| ICANN | Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers | Corporación para la Asignación de Nombres y Números en Internet |
| ICG | IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group | |
| IDN | Internationalized Domain Name | Nombres de Dominio Internacionalizado |
| IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force | Grupo de Trabajo en Ingeniería de Internet |
| IGF | Internet Governance Forum | |
| IGO | International Governmental Organizations | |
| INGO | International Non Governmental Organizations | |
| inSIG | India School of Internet Governance | |
| IOO | ICANN'S Office of Ombudsman | |
| IP | Internet Protocol | Protocolo de Internet |
| IPC | Intellectual Property Constituency | |
| IPN | Interplanetary Internet | computer network in space, consisting of a set of network nodes that can communicate with each other |
| IPv4 | Internet Protocol Version 4 | |
| IPv6 | Internet Protocol Version 6 | |
| IRP | Independent Review Process | |
| ISOC | The Internet Society | Sociedad de Internet |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider | Proveedor de Servicios de Internet |
| ISPCPP | Internet Service Provider And Connectivity Providers Constituency | |
| JNC | Just Net Coalition | Coalición Just Net |
| KISA | Korean & Internet Security Agency | |
| KSK | Key Signing Key | |
| LACNIC | Latin America and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry | Registro de Direcciones de Internet Latinoamericano y del Caribe |
| LACRALO | Latin American And Caribbean Islands Regional At-Large Organization | |
| MSAG | Multi Stake Holder Advisory Group | |
| MESWG | Middle East Strategy Working Group | |
| MSWG | Meeting Strategy Working Group | |
| NARALO | North American Regional At-Large Organization | |
| NCSG | Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group | |
| NCUC | Non-Commercial Users Constituency | |
| NIRA | Nigeria Internet Research Association | |
| NOMCOM | Nomination Committee | |
| NPOC | Not-For-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency | |
| NRO | Number Resource Organization | |
| NTIA | National Telecommunications and Information Administration | |
| NIXI | National Internet Exchange Of India | |
| OSC | Operations Steering Committee | |
| PDP | Policy Development Process | Proceso de Desarrollo de PolIticas |
| PICISOC | Pacific Islands Chapter Of Internet Society | |
| PTI | Public Technical Identifiers | |
| RAA | Registrar Accreditation Agreement | |
| RAMS | Registry Assignment and Maintenance Systems | |
| RALO | Regional At-Large Organisations | |
| RDAP | Registry Data Access Protocol | |
| RDS | Registration Data Services | |
| RIPE NCC | Reseux IP Europeens | RIR de Europa y Medio Oriente |
| RIR | Regional Internet Registry | Registro Regional de Internet |
| RrSG | Registrar Stakeholder Group | |
| RySG | Registry Stakeholder Group | |
| RSSAC | Root Server System Advisory Committee | |
| RSEP | Registry Services Evaluation Process | |
| RZERC | Root Zone Evaluation Review Committe | |
| RZMA | Root Zone Maintainer Agreement | |
| RZ-LGR | Root Zone Label Generation Rules | |
| SCWG | Separation Cross-Community Working Group | |
| SO | Supporting Organization | Organizaciones de Apoyo |
| SSAC | Security, Stability, and Resiliency Advisory Committee | Comité Asesor de Seguridad y Estabilidad |
| SSIG | South School on Internet Governance | Escuela del Sur de Gobernanza de Internet |
| TCI | Technical Centre of Internet | Russian registries |
| TF | Task Force | |
| TLD | Top Level Domain | Dominio de Alto Nivel |
| TLG | Technical Liaison Group | |
| TMCH | Trademark Clearinghouse | |
| T&M | Travel and Meetings | |
| TTIGF | Trinidad and Tobago Internet Governance Forum | |
| UDRP | Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy | Política Uniforme de Resolución de Disputas |
| URS | Uniform Rapid Suspension | |
| W3C | World Wide Web Consortium | World Wide Web Consortium |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization | Organización Mundial de Propiedad Intelectual |