One of the purposes of this web site is to educate others so that they are comfortable with participating in discussion. The following are some of the many acronyms and terms you may come across while working with the Registrar Constituency.
| Acronym | Definition |
| AGP | Add Grace Period |
| AIRA | American Internet Registrants Association |
| ALAC | At Large Advisory Committee |
| APNG | Asia Pacific Networking Group |
| APNIC | Asia-Pacific Network Information Center |
| APTLD | Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association |
| ARIN | American Registry for Internet Numbers |
| ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| ASO | Address Supporting Organization |
| CAIP | Canadian Association of Internet Providers |
| CCTLD | Country Code Top Level Domain |
| CENTR | Council of European National Top level domain Registries |
| DNS | Domain Name System |
| DOC | US Department of Commerce |
| DRP | Dispute Resolution Policy |
| Excom | Executive Committee |
| FCC | US Federal Communications Commission |
| GAC | Governmental Advisory Committee |
| GNSO | Generic Names Support Organization |
| GTLD | Generic Top Level Domain |
| IAHC | International Ad Hoc Committee |
| IANA | Internet Assigned Numbers Authority |
| ICANN | Internet Corporation For Assigned Names & Numbers |
| ICC | International Chamber of Commerce |
| IDN | Internationalized Domain Names |
| IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force |
| INTA | International Trademark Association |
| IRT | Implementation Recommendation Team |
| IRTP | Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
| JPA | Joint Project Agreement |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| NAF | National Arbitration Forum |
| NANOG | North American Network Operators Group |
| NCSG | Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group |
| NIC | Network Information Center |
| Nomcom | Nominating Committee |
| NTIA | US National Telecommunications and Information Agency |
| PPSC | Policy Process Steering Committee |
| PDP | Policy Development Process |
| PDP-WT | Policy Development Process Work Team |
| PPC | Public Participation Committee |
| RAA | Registrar Accreditation Agreement |
| RC | Registrar Constituency |
| RFC | Request For Comments |
| RIPE | Réseaux IP Européens |
| SG | Stakeholder Group |
| SSAC | Security and Stability Advisory Committee |
| TDRP | Transfer Dispute Resolution Policy |
| TLD | Top Level Domain |
| UDRP | Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| USPTO | United States Patent and Trademark Office |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
