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).