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The following terms are commonly used by the [[ICANN]] Community.

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~~==Roles==~~

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* [[CA]] – a third-party company that issues digital certificates and public-private keys as a part of a chosen Public Key Infrastructure.

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* [[Domainer]] – a person who buys and sells domain names, seeking to profit from selling at a higher price later or from advertising activities.

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* [[EBERO]]s – organizations under three-to-five-year contracts with ICANN to provide critical registry functions, in the event of a TLD registry operator failure

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* [[I* Leaders]] – a loose category of organizations responsible for technical infrastructures on the Internet.

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* [[ICANN Fellow]] – A member of the Internet community and recipient of a grant provided by the ICANN Fellowship Program.

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* [[Independent Objector]] – a position created by ICANN to determine if a new gTLD application is in the best interest of the Internet community.

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* [[Internet Service Provider]] companies that provide customers with Internet services, such as access with telephone, television, email accounts, and customizable web pages.

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* [[NIC]] – A network information center manages a registry and contracts with the registrars accredited to sell domains under a given TLD.

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* [[Registrant]] – A person who has registered a domain name through a registrar.

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* [[Registrar]] – A company that is authorized to sell domain names.

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* [[TCR]]s – Trusted Community Representatives participate in ceremonies that manage the DNS Root Key Signing Key, which is central to implementing DNSSEC.

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==Communities of Practice==

* [[GA]] – the General Assembly Mailing List is an open forum for participation for the GNSO.

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* [[Universal Access]] – the concept that top-level domain names are accessible globally through any internet browser, server, email client, and computer program.

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==Databases~~/Systems==~~

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==Databases

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* [[DNS]] – The database responsible for translating between alphanumeric domain names and IP Addresses.

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* [[DAAR]] – Domain Abuse Activity Reporting System run by ICANN to monitor TLD activity.

* [[PSL]] – The Public Suffix List is a database of TLDs including the respective registry's policies on domain registrations at different levels.

* [[Registry]] – a database of all domain names registered under a certain TLD.

* [[Root Zone]] – the highest level of the DNS structure, this database contains the names and the numeric IP addresses for all TLDs.

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* [[TAS]] – the official online application system implemented by ICANN.

* [[Trademark Clearinghouse]] – The database of trademarks established by ICANN to enhance the protection of intellectual property on the Internet.

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* [[URS]] – The Uniform Rapid Suspension System provides trademark owners with a quick, low-cost process to take down websites that infringe on their intellectual property rights.

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* [[Punycode]] – The standard for transforming a Unicode string into an ASCII string as specified in RFC 3492.

* [[Unicode]] – a character coding system designed to support the worldwide interchange, processing, and display of the written texts.

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==Systems==

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* [[DNS]] – The system responsible for translating between alphanumeric domain names and IP Addresses.

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* [[DAAR]] – Domain Abuse Activity Reporting System run by ICANN to monitor TLD activity.

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* [[TAS]] – the official online application system implemented by ICANN.

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* [[URS]] – The Uniform Rapid Suspension System provides trademark owners with a quick, low-cost process to take down websites that infringe on their intellectual property rights.

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