Acronym List

ADNA

Australian Domain Name Administration

ALTS

Association for Local Telecommunications Services

API

Application Programmer Interface.

APTLD

Asia Pacific Top Level Domains Forum

ASAC

Advanced Services Application Centre

ATIS

Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions

ATP

Acceptance Test Plan

ATUG

Australian Telecommunications Users Group

auDA

au Domain Administration

AUNIC

Australian Network Information Centre

B&C

billing and collection

CARE

Customer Account Record Exchange

CASE

Computer Aided Software Engineering

ccTLD

country code top-level domain

CompTel

Competitive Telecommunications

CRC

Cooperative Research Centre (Research Data Network)

CTIA

Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association

DATE

Domain Administration Tool

DBMS

Database Management System

DFP

Dynamic Feedback Protocol

DID

Digital IDentification

DNS

domain name system

DNSO

Domain Names Support Organization

ESN

Enhanced Service Node

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute

FAQ

Frequently Asked Question

FCC

(U.S.) Federal Communications Commission

FTE

full-time equivalent

ftp

file transfer protocol

gTLD

generic top-level domain

http

hyper-text transfer protocol

ICANN

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

ID

Identification

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

IN

intelligent network

INC

Industry Numbering Council

ING

Internet Gateway

IP

Internet Protocol

IP Services/Solutions

Internet Protocol Services or Solutions

IPC

Intellectual Property Constituency

IPNS

Intellectual Property Notification Service

IPv6

Internet Protocol Version 6

ISO

International Organization for Standards

ISP

Internet Service Provider

IT

information technology

ITU

International Telecommunications Union

LLC

Limited Liability Company

LNPA

Local Number Portability Administration ( or Administrator)

LSP

Local Service Provider

MINC

Multilingual Internet Names Consortium

MTTR

mean-time-to-repair

N + 1

needed number plus one for a safety factor

NANC

North American Numbering Council

NANPA

North American Numbering Plan Administration (or Administrator)

NOC

Network Operations Center

NPAC

Number Portability Administration Center

NRA

United States National Regulatory Authority

NSI

Network Solutions, Inc.

NXX

Central Office Code (where XX is a variable)

OBF

Operations and Billing Forum

OLTP

On-line Transaction Processing

OPASTCO

Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies

OSS

operational support system

PA

Personal Assistant; Pooling Administration

PGP

Pretty Good Privacy

PKI

Public Key Infrastructure

PSU

Production Support Unit

RAD

Rapid Application Development

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disks

RAP

Registry Authentication Protocol

RFC

Request for Comment

RRP

Registry-Registrar Protocol

SDA

Session Distribution Algorithm

SLA

Service Level Agreement

SLR

Service Level Requirements

SMP

symmetric multiprocessing

SMS

Service Management System; Smart Message Services

SNMP

simple network management protocol

SOHO

small office/home office

SPIN

System for Processing Internet Names

SRS

Shared Registry System

STP

System Test Plan

SW-CMM

Software Capability Maturity Model

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

TLD

top level domain

TM Forum

Telemanagement Forum

TMIA

TeleMessaging Industry Association

TPC-C

Transaction Processing Council, Online Processing Benchmark

UCDRP

Uniform Charter Dispute Resolution Policy

UDRP

Uniform Dispute Resolution Process

US$

United States dollars, as in US$50,000

USTA

United States Telephone Association

VOIP

Voice Over Internet Protocol

VPN

Virtual Private Network

W3C

World Wide Web Consortium

WAP

Wireless Applications Protocol

www

World Wide Web

XRP

eXtensible Registry Protocol

XWP

(eXtensible Whois Protocol).