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Re: [ga] Acronyms, Guides & Directories

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Subject: Re: [ga] Acronyms, Guides & Directories
From: Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 15:22:53 -0700
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Patrick and all,

 The only omission I can notice is http://www.whatis.com

Patrick Corliss wrote:

> Hi William & All
>
> This might help a little.  There is also an "Acronym Finder".
> Please could anyone advise any errors or omissions.
> I have included some references to IPv4, IPv6 etc.
>
> GUIDES AND DIRECTORIES
>
> Acronym Finder        http://www.acronymfinder.com/
> Useful look up database for acronyms & abbreviations
>
> BetterWHOIS        http://www.betterwhois.com/
> Domain name lookups across all registrars' data.
>
> Dictionary            http://www.dictionary.com/
> Questions about words, grammar & language; dictionary & thesaurus.
>
> Ghostwheel            http://projects.ghostwheel.com/
> A dictionary of the English language and a jargon reference.
>
> Lexical Free Net      http://www.lexfn.com/
> Powerful "connected" thesaurus links terms together.
>
> Orchy Dictionary    http://www.orchy.com/dictionary/
> Biggest vewable dictionary.  However links don't work.
>
> Webopedia             http://www.webopedia.com/
> The only online dictionary and search engine for Internet technology.
>
> Whatis.com            http://whatis.techtarget.com/
> Definitions for thousands of the most current IT-related words
>
> CISCO SYSTEMS DOCUMENTATION
>
> Configuring the DNS Service
> http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/iaabu/cddm/cddm111/adguide/d
> ns.htm
>
> Internetworking Technology Overview
> http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/index.htm
>
> Internetworking Terms and Acronyms from CISCO Systems
> http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ita/index.htm
>
> ACRONYMS & OTHER DNS LINKS
>
> ACIR    Advanced Computational Infrastructure and Research
> Division of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (see CISE)
> http://www.cise.nsf.gov/acir/
> http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/publicat/nsf0065/cise/acir.htm
>
> ACM    Association for Computing Machinery
> http://www.acm.org/
>
> ACPA    Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act
> http://209.41.60.248/law/ACPA.html
> http://www.gcwf.com/articles/journal/jil_march00_1.html
>
> ADNS    AGN Domain Name Service, Inc.
> http://www.adns.net/
>
> AfterNIC    Domain Name Auctions, Research and Management
> http://www.afternic.com/
>
> ALTNIC    AlterNIC -- The Network Information Centre
> http://www.alternic.org/
>
> ANIR    Advanced Networking Infrastructure and Research
> Division of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (see CISE)
> http://www.cise.nsf.gov/anir/index.html
> http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/publicat/nsf0065/cise/anir.htm
>
> APNIC    Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
> (Regional Registry)
> http://www.apnic.net/
>
> APTLD    Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Forum
> http://www.apng.org/apcctld/
>
> ARIN    American Registry for Internet Numbers
> (Regional Registry)
> http://www.arin.net/
>
> ARPA    Advanced Research Project Agency
> http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/docs/arpa.html
>
> ASO    The Address Supporting Organization
> http://www.aso.icann.org/
>
> ASP    Application Service Providers Industry Consortium
> http://www.aspindustry.org/
> http://www.allaboutasp.org/
>
> Atlantic    The Atlantic Root Network, Inc.
> http://www.biztld.net/
>
> auDA    Australian Domain Administration
> http://www.auda.org.au/
>
> AUNIC    Australian Network Information Centre
> http://www.aunic.net/
>
> AURSC    Australian Root Server Confederation
> http://www.irsc.ah.net/
>
> BBN    BBN Planel (Now BBN Technologies)
> http://www.bbn.com/
> http://www.gte.com/AboutGTE/gto/bbnt/aboutus.html
>
> Berkman    Berkman Center for Internet & Society (of Harvard Law School)
> http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/
>
> BIND    Berkeley Internet Name Domain (or Daemon)
> http://www.nominum.com/    http://www.isc.org/
>
> BIZ    dot BIZ  (see also Atlantic Root Network, Inc.)
> http://www.biztld.net/
>
> CCR    Computer-Communications Research
> Division of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (see CISE)
> http://www.cise.nsf.gov/ccr/index.html
> http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/publicat/nsf0065/cise/ccr.htm
>
> CDT    Centre for Democracy & Technology
> http://www.cdt.org/
>
> CERT    Carnegie Mellon - CERT Co-ordination Center
> http://www.cert.org/
>
> CIPO    Canadian Intellectual Property Office
> http://cipo.gc.ca/
>
> CIRA    Canadian Internet Registration Authority
> http://www.cira.ca/
>
> CISA    Commercial Internet Strategies Australia
> http://www.cisa.net.au/index_altavista.htm
>
> CISE    Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering
> Directorate of the National Science Foundation (see NSF)
> http://www.cise.nsf.gov/
>
> CNRI    Corporation for National Research Initiatives
> http://www.cnri.reston.va.us/
>
> CORENIC    CORE -- Internet Council of Registrars
> http://corenic.org/
>
> CPSR    Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
> http://www.cpsr.org/
>
> CSIF    Civil Society Internet Forum
> http://www.civilsocietyinternetforum.org/
>
> DARPA    Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
> http://www.arpa.mil/
>
> DNH    The Domain Name Handbook
> http://www.domainhandbook.com/
>
> DNSO    Domain Name Supporting Organization
> http://www.dnso.org/
> http://www.dnso.icann.org/
>
> DNSR    DNS Root
> http://www.dns-root.org/
>
> DNSRD    Domain Name System Resources Directory
> http://www.dns.net/dnsrd/
>
> DOC    United States Department of Commerce
> http://www.doc.gov/
>
> EFF    Electronic Frontier Foundation
> http://www.eff.org/
>
> EPIC    Electronic Privacy Information Center
> http://epic.org/
>
> FCC    United States Federal Communications Commission
> http://www.fcc.gov/
>
> GAO    United States General Accounting Office - ICANN Report
> http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/summary.php?accno=163837&rptno=OGC-00-33R
> http://www.gao.gov/new.items/og00033r.pdf  (PDF Format)
>
> GAC    Governmental Advisory Committee of ICANN
> http://www.noie.gov.au/projects/international/DNS/gac/index.htm
>
> GOD    dot GOD
> http://www.dot-god.com/
>
> gTLD-MoU    Generic Top Level Domain Memorandum of Understanding
> http://www.gtld-mou.org/
>
> HIT    Hobbes' Internet Timeline
> http://www.isoc.org/guest/zakon/Internet/History/HIT.html
>
> IAB    Internet Architecture Board
> http://www.iab.org/
>
> IAHC    Internet International Ad Hoc Committee
> http://www.iahc.org/index.html
>
> IANA    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
> http://www.iana.org/
>
> ICANN    The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
> http://www.icann.org/
>
> ICANN Blog          Web Log of ICANN related thoughts & events.
> http://www.lextext.com/icann/index.html
>
> ICANNWatch        ICANNWatch
> http://www.icannwatch.org/
>
> ICB    ICB Toll Free News
> http://www.icbtollfreenews.com/
>
> IDNO    The Individual Domain Name Owners Constituency
> http://www.idno.org/
>
> iDNS    Internationalized Domain Name System
> http://www.i-dns.net/
>
> IETF    The Internet Engineering Task Force
> http://www.ietf.org/
>
> ILPF    Internet Law and Policy Forum
> http://www.ilpf.org/
>
> INTA    The International Trademark Association
> http://www.inta.org/
>
> InterNIC    Internet Network Information Center
> http://www.internic.net/
>
> INWW    Internet Names Wordwide (Division of Melbourne IT)
> http://www.inww.com/
>
> IOD    Image Online Design, Inc.
> https://www.webtld.com/
>
> IOPS    Internet Operators
> http://www.iops.org/
>
> IPC    The Intellectual Property Constituency
> http://ipc.songbird.com/
>
> IPI    Internet Policy Institute
> http://www.internetpolicy.org/
>
> IPv4       Internet Protocol Verion 4 (IPv4) Address Space
> http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space
>
> IPv6        The Next Generation Internet
> http://www.ipv6.org/
> http://www.ipv6forum.com/
> http://www.gcn.com/vol19_no24/news/2764-1.html
>
> IPv8        IPv8 (Galaxy/StarGate) Reference Guide
> http://ipv8.vrx.net/
>
> IPv16       IPv16 Explanation
> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/ietf/Pre_Oct_1998/msg02088.html
>
> IRSC    International Root Server Confederation
> http://www.irsc.ah.net/
>
> IRTF    Internet Research Task Force
> http://www.irtf.org/
>
> ISC    Internet Software Consortium
> http://www.isc.org/
>
> ISI    USC Information Sciences Institute
> http://www.isi.edu/
>
> ISOC    Internet Society
> http://www.isoc.org/
> http://www.isoc.org/internet-history/brief.html
>
> ISOC-AU    Internet Society of Australia
> http://www.isoc-au.org.au/
>
> ISS    Internet Security Systems
> http://www.iss.net/
>
> ITAA    Information Technology Association of America
> http://www.itaa.org/
>
> ITU    International Telecommunications Union
> http://www.itu.int/
>
> LEXTEST    Bret Fausett's Internet Printing Press
> http://www.lextext.com/index.html
>
> MIT    Melbourne IT
> http://www.melbourneit.com.au/
>
> NANOG    North American Network Operators
> http://www.ra.net/~nanog
>
> NARSC    North American Root Server Confederation
> http://narsc.lists.kz/
>
> NCDHNC    Non-Commercial Domain Name Holders Constituency
> http://www.ncdnhc.org/
>
> NCSA    National Center for Supercomputing Applications
> http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
>
> NICUS    Official United States Domain Registry
> http://www.nic.us/
>
> NOIE    Australian National Office for the Information Economy
> http://www.noie.gov.au/
>
> NS    Name Space
> http://name-space.com/
>
> NSF    National Science Foundation
> http://www.nsf.gov/
>
> NSI    Network Solutions
> http://networksolutions.com/
>
> NTIA    National Telecommunications and Information Administration
> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/
>
> OpenNIC    Open Network Information Centre
> http://www.opennic.unrated.net/
>
> ORSC    Open Root Server Confederation, Inc
> http://www.open-rsc.org/
>
> OpenSRS    Open Shared Registration Service
> http://www.opensrs.com/
>
> OpenXRS    Open Extensible Registry System
> http://openxrs.tucows.com/
>
> PACROOT    The Pacific Root
> http://www.pacroot.com/
>
> PCCF    Planet Communications & Computing Facility
> http://www.pccf.net/
> http://www.pccf.net/cgi-bin/root-servers/whereis-tld?+
>
> PGP    PGP ("Pretty Good Privacy") Security
> http://www.pgp.com/
>
> PSO    Protocol Supporting Organization
> http://www.pso.icann.org/
>
> RFC    Request for Comments
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/
>
> RIPE    RIPE (R�seaux IP Europ�ens) Network Coordination Centre
> (Regional Registry)
> http://www.ripe.net/
>
> SAIC    Science Applications International Corporation
> http://www.saic.com/
>
> SEI    Carnegie Mellon - Software Engineering Institute
> http://www.sei.cmu.edu/
>
> SEC    United States Securities and Exchange Commission
> http://www.sec.gov/
>
> SRI    SRI International (was Stanford Research Institute)
> http://www.csl.sri.com/
> http://www.csl.sri.com/history/augment.shtml
>
> SuperRoot    The SuperRoot Consortium
> http://www.superroot.org/
>
> TBTF    Tasty Bits from the Technology Front ("Roving Reporter")
> http://www.tbtf.com/roving_reporter/
>
> TINC    The Internet Namespace Cooperative
> http://www.tinc-org.com/
>
> TLD Finder    Top Level Domain Finder (see PCCF)
> http://www.pccf.net/cgi-bin/root-servers/whereis-tld?+
>
> UDRP    Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy
> http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm
>
> USPTO    United States Patent and Trademark Office
> http://www.uspto.gov/
>
> VeriSign    VeriSign, Inc.
> http://www.verisign.com/
>
> WEB    dot WEB
> https://www.webtld.com/
>
> WIPO    World Intellectual Property Organization
> http://www.wipo.org/
>
> W3C    World Wide Web Consortium
> http://www.w3.org/
>
> Thank you.
> Patrick Corliss
>
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