"Abbreviations" [2019] ELECD 569; in Mahler, Tobias (ed), "Generic Top-Level Domains" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) xviii

Book Title: Generic Top-Level Domains

Editor(s): Mahler, Tobias

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section Title: Abbreviations

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Abbreviations
AC Advisory Committee
AGB Applicant Guidebook
AoC Affirmation of Commitments (between ICANN and
DoC)
ASO Address Supporting Organization
BGC Board Governance Committee (ICANN)
CCT Competition, Consumer Trust and Consumer Choice
ccNSO Country-code Names Supporting Organization
ccTLD Country-code Top-level Domain
CPE Community Priority Evaluation
DNS Domain Name System
DoC US Department of Commerce
DoJ US Department of Justice
DPML Domains Protected Marks List
DRP Dispute Resolution Procedure
EC Empowered Community
ECHR European Convention on Human Rights
EIU Economist Intelligence Unit
GAC Governmental Advisory Committee (ICANN)
GNSO Generic Names Supporting Organization (ICANN)
gTLD Generic Top-level Domain
IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICDR International Centre for Dispute Resolution
IDN Internationalized Domain Name
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IGO Intergovernmental Organization
IO Independent Objector
IP Internet Protocol
IPv6 Internet Protocol Version 6
IRP Independent Review Process (ICANN)
IRT Implementation Recommendation Team (ICANN)
JPA Joint Project Agreement (between ICANN and DoC)
LPI Limited Public Interest (objection)


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MOU Memorandum of Understanding (between ICANN and
DoC)
NGPC New gTLD Program Committee (of the ICANN Board)
NRO Number Resource Organization
NTIA National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (United States)
PDDRP Post-delegation Dispute Resolution Procedure (ICANN)
PIC Public Interest Commitment (Specification 11 to the
Registry Agreement)
PIC DRP Public Interest Commitment Dispute Resolution Procedure
PTI Public Technical Identifiers (aka Post-transition IANA)
QR code Quick Response Code (a matrix barcode used for Internet
navigation)
RAA Registrar Accreditation Agreement
RFC Request for Comment
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