Domain Dictionary

.aero - Aero-transportation - RESERVED
.biz - Businesses - OPEN
.com - Commercial - OPEN
.coop - Cooperative associations - RESERVED
.edu - Education - RESERVED
.gov - Government - RESEREVED
.info - Information - OPEN
.int - International? - RESERVED
.mil - Military - RESERVED
.museum - Museums - RESERVED
.name - Name – not sure
.net - Network - OPEN
.org -Organization - OPEN
.pro - Credentialed professionals - RESERVED
.travel - Travel industry - RESERVED

A
AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
AAU- Amendment to Allege Use
ABA- American Bar Association
ACP Administrative Challenge Panels http-//www.gtld-mou.org/docs/tracps.htm
ACPA- Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act
ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution http-//www.gtld-mou.org/dispute.html
AFK - Away From Keyboard
AIP Association of Internet Professionals http-//www.association.org
AIPLA- American Intellectual Property Law Association
AIPPI- Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Industrielle
AIRA American Internet Registrants Association http-//www.aira.org
AN – Afternic - Visit
AOs- Appellations of Origin
APccTLD Council of the Asia Pacific country code Top Level Domain http-//www.apng.org/apcctld
APEC- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APNG Asia Pacific Networking Group (APNG) http-//www.apng.org
APNIC Asia-Pacific Network Information Center http-//www.apnic.net
ARIN American Registry for Internet Numbers. http-//www.arin.net
ARIPO- Africa Regional Industrial Property Organization
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency (See also DARPA) http-//www.darpa.mil
ASCAP- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASEAN- Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ATM - At The Moment

B
BIN - Buy it Now
BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain http-//www.isc.org/bind.html
BIO- Biotechnology Industry Organization
BOT - Back On Topic
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way

C
CAIP Canadian Association of Internet Providers http-//www.caip.ca
ccTLD - Country code top level domains (.ws, .tv, .cn, .be)
CDT Center for Democracy and Technology http-//www.cdt.org
CIPO- Canadian Intellectual Property Office
CIX Commercial Internet Exchange http-//www.cix.org
CNRI Corporation for National Research Initiatives http-//www.cnri.reston.va.us
CORE Council of Registrars http-//www.corenic.org
CORE-MoU Council of Registrars Memorandum of Understanding http-//www.gtld-mou.org
CPC - Cost Per Click
CPM - Cost Per Thousand Impressions
CTMO- Community Trade Mark Office
CTMR- Community Trade Mark Regulation
CTR - Click Thru Rate

D
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency http-//www.darpa.mil
DN - Domain Name
DND - Do Not Disturb
DNRC- Domain Names Rights Coalition
DNS Domain Name System
DNSO- Domain Names Supporting Organization
DOC US Department of Commerce http-//www.doc.gov

E
EC European Commission/European Community http-//www.eu.int
EC- European Commission
ECJ- European Court of Justice
ECTA- European Communities Trade Mark Association
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute http-//www.etsi.fr
EU- European Union
EuroISPA European Internet Services Provider Associations http-//www.euroispa.org
EXT - Extension (.com, .net, etc.)

F
FA - For Auction
FCC US Federal Communications Commission http-//www.fcc.gov
FS - For Sale
FTAA- Free Trade Area of the Americas

G
GATT- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GD - Godaddy
GIs- Geographical Indications
gTLD - Generic top level domains (.com, .net, .org, .info, .biz are gTLDs)
gTLD generic Top Level Domain (not associated with country code)
gTLD-MoU Generic Top Level Domain Memorandum of Understanding http-//www.gtld-mou.org
Here is a list of all the ccTLD’s there are. View List
HTH - Hope That Helps
http-//www.etsi.org
http-//www.gtld-mou.org/dispute.html

I
IAB Internet Architecture Board http-//www.iab.org/iab
IACC- International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition
IAHC International Ad Hoc Committee http-//www.iahc.org
IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority http-//www.iana.org
ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
IDB- Inter-American Development Bank
IDK - I Don't Know
IESG Internet Engineering Steering Group http-//www.ietf.org/iesg.html
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force http-//www.ietf.org
IIPA- International Intellectual Property Alliance
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
INTA International Trademark Association http-//www.inta.org
INTA- International Trademark Association
IOPS.ORG Group of commercial Internet Service Providers http-//www.iops.org
IOW - In Other Words
IP- Intellectual Property; Industrial Property; Internet Protocol
IPC- Intellectual Property Constituency
IPO- Intellectual Property Owners Association
iPOC gTLD-MoU Interim Policy Oversight Committee http-//www.gtld-mou.org
IPRs- Intellectual Property Rights
IR- International Registration
IRL - In Real Life
ISA Interactive Services Association http-//www.isa.net
ISO International Organization for Standardization http-//www.iso.ch
ISOC Internet Society http-//www.isoc.org
ISP Internet Service Provider
ISPA-uk Internet Services Providers Association of the UK http-//www.ispa.org.uk/
ITAA Information Technology Association of America http-//www.itaa.org
ITMA- Institute of Trade Mark Agents
ITSA- Institute of Training Standards Administration
ITU International Telecommunication Union http-//www.itu.int
ITU- Intent to Use

J
JK - Just Kidding

L
LES- Licensing Executives Society
LLL - 3 letter domain
LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
LMK - Let Me Know
LOL - Laugh Out Loud

M
MARQUES- Not an acronym, name of association
MEP- Member of the European Parliament
MERCOSUR- Mercado Comun del Sur (Common Market of the South)
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MPA- Motion Picture Association

N
NANC North American Numbering Council
NANP North American Numbering Plan
NC - Namecheap
NGOs- Non-Governmental Organizations
NIC Network Information Center
NLN - or any combination L represents Letters and N represents Number
NNN - 3 Number domain
NSF US National Science Foundation http-//www.nsf.gov
NSF- National Science Foundation
NSI Network Solutions, Inc. http-//www.netsol.com
NTIA US National Telecommunications and Information Agency http-//www.ntia.doc.gov
NW - Namewinner

O
OAMI- Oficina De Armonizacion Del Mercado Interior (Office for the Harmonization in the Internal Market)
OAPI- Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (African Intellectual Property Organization)
OBO - Or Best Offer
OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development http-//www.oecd.org
OFAC- Office of Foreign Assets Control
OG- Official Gazette
OHIM- Office for the Harmonization in the Internal Market
ONO - Or Near Offer
OTOH - on the other hand
OVT – Overture, number of searches made for a term or domain in a month.
OVT - Overture, or the number of searches made for a term or domain in a month.
OVT w/ EXT - Overture with Extension - More Info
OVT w/ EXT - Overture with Extension- the number of searches made for the full domain name including extension. For instance, example.com has a OVT w/ EXT of 9999999.
OVT w/o EXT - Overture without Extension - More Info
OVT w/o EXT - Overture without Extension- the Overture number for the term contained within the domain, but without the extension. For instance, example.com OVT w/o EXT is 99999 (just check resutls for 'example')

P
PAB gTLD-MoU Policy Advisory Body http-//www.gtld-mou.org
PLI- Practicing Law Institute
PM ME - Private Message Me
POC gTLD-MoU Policy Oversight Committee http-//www.gtld-mou.org
PPC - Pay Per Click
PTO- Patent and Trademark Office

R
REG - Regular/Register
regfee - Registration fee
REGFEE - Registration Fee
REP ADDED - Reputation Added
RF – Registerfly
RF - Registerfly
RFC Request for Comments
RFC- Request for Comments
RIPE CENTR Project through which ccTLD Registries in RIPE geographical area intend to cooperate http-//www.ripe.net/centr/index.html
RIPE Réseaux IP Européens http-//www.ripe.net
RL - Real Life

S
SEC- Securities & Exchange Commission
SEDO - Search Engine for Domain Offers - Visit
SEO - Search Engine Optimization
SERP - Search Engine Results Page
SERP - Search engine results page
SIECA- Secretaria De Integracion Economica Centroamericana (Secretariat of Central American Economic Integration)
SIG - Signature
SN - SnapNames
SOU- Statement of Use
SRS Shared Registratry System http-//www.gtld-mou.org/press/core-1.htm
STW - Search The Web

T
TARR- Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TCT- Trademark Cooperation Treaty
TEAS- Trademark Electronic Application System
TESS- Trademark Electronic Search System
THX - Thanks
TLA - Three Letter Acronym
TLD- Top-Level Domain Name
TLT- Trademark Law Treaty
TLTIA- U.S. Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act of 1998
TM - Trade Mark
TMEP- Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
TMR- The Trademark Reporter
TRIPS- Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
TRO- Temporary Restraining Order
TTAB- Trademark Trial and Appeals Board
TY - Thank You

U
UDRP - Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy - More Info
UDRP - Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy. That's the policy by which trademark holders can file a dispute against domain holders.
UDRP- Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy
URL Uniform Resource Locator
USPTO United States Patent and Trademark Office http-//www.uspto.gov
USPTO- United States Patent and Trademark Office
VS - Verisign

W
WB - Welcome Back
WHOIS- Not an acronym, name of domain search service
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization http-//www.wipo.int
WIPO- World Intellectual Property Office
WTB - Want To Buy
WTO World Trade Organization http-//www.wto.org
WTO- World Trade Organization
WW - Wildwest
WWD – WildWest Domains

YW - Your Welcome