ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Administrative completeness check
A preliminary check of the applications in order do confirm that the applicant has correctly filled out the application.
Anycast
Anycast has the advantage of having multiple machines in multiple locations, which minimizes the possibility of denial of service (DOS) attacks. An Anycast server consists of multiple name servers placed at various different locations but uses one IP address to connect all these servers to the Internet. Since these different computers are located in different parts of the world and end-users using this service connect to the nearest server, an outage of one of the servers minimizes impact on the global access to the provided service. We will choose an Anycast provider that has a name server platform rolled out closest to the end-user but with an as broad as possible area covered.
BGP
Border Gate Protocol
ccTLD
Country Code Top Level Domain
DAS
Domain Availability Service
DDOS
Distributed Denial of Service attack
Dispute Resolution
Refers to a process which applies to applicants whose applications are the subject of a formal objection.
DNS
Domain Name System
DNS SEC
Domain Name System Security Extension
DOS
Denial of Service attack
EPP
Extensible Provisioning Protocol
Extended evaluation
An evaluation of the application which can be requested by an applicant who does not pass the Initial Evaluation. An applicant must be deemed eligible for an Extended Evaluation by ICANN.
gTLD
Generic Top Level Domain
IDN
Internationalised Domain Names
Initial evaluation
The first evaluation process for a New gTLD Application. The Initial Evaluation consists of a review of the applied-for string, the applicants qualifications, and applicants proposed registry services.
IP
Internet Protocol
IPv6
Internet Protocol Version 6
NAT
Network Address Translation
NS
Nameserver
NSEC3
NextSECure3
Objection filing
A period in of the New gTLD Application Process in which parties can file an objection toward a particular application on the following four grounds: string confusion, legal rights, morality and public order, community objection
PGP
Pretty Good Privacy
Public comments
A period in in the early stages of the Application process which allows the public to bring relevant information and attention to the application examiners
Registrant
The individual or organization that registers a specific domain name with a registrar.
Registrar
Company or organisation that provides direct services to domain name registrants
Root
The Top of The Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy.
SOA
Start of Authority
SQL
Structured Query Language
SRS
Shared Registration System
SSL
Secure Socket Layer
String contention
When more than one qualified application is for the same or a similar gTLD string, the applicants are said to be in String Contention.
Sunrise
The period of time at the launch of a new top-level domain or second-level domain during which owners of trademarks may register a domain name containing the owned mark.
TAS (Top-Level-Domain Application System).
TAS refers to the online interface which ICANN proposes to implement for the processing of New TLD Applications.
TLD
Top Level Domain
TLS
Transport Layer Security
Transition to delegation
The process after an applicant has successfully cleared the initial evaluation, and other applicable stages. During this process, the applicant is required to complete a few additional steps such as the execution of the registry agreement with ICANN and pass all pre-delegation tests.
TTL
Time to live
URL
Universal Resource Locator
URSP
Unified Rapid Suspension Procedure
WHOIS
The technical service for identifying who owns and operates a domain name
XML
Extensible Markup Language
Zone file
A text file that describes a portion of the domain name system (DNS) called a DNS zone. A zone contains information that defines mappings between domain names and IP addresses and other resources, organized in form of resource records (RR).
