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Glossary of terms commonly used by the [[ICANN]] Community:
'''Glossary of terms commonly used by the [[ICANN]] Community'''
===[[IETF]]===
==Processes==
==Organizations==
[[IETF]]
:The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 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.
:The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 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.
A registry operator, also called a NIC or network information center, is responsible for managing this database. They contract with registrars, who are accredited to sell domains under the TLD.
==Communities of Practice==
==Documents==
==Roles==
Registrant
A '''registrant''' is a person who has registered a domain name through a registrar.
== [[Registry]] ==
== [[Registry]] ==
: A '''registry''' is the database of all domain names registered under a certain TLD. A registry operator, also called a NIC or network information center, is responsible for managing this database. They contract with registrars, who are accredited to sell domains under the TLD.
: A '''registry''' is the database of all domain names registered under a certain TLD.
== [[Registrar]] ==
== [[Registrar]] ==
: A '''registrar''' is a company that is authorized to sell domain names.
: A '''registrar''' is a company that is authorized to sell domain names.
==DNS==
==DNS==