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Domaining jargon and technical speak.
The TLD designated for the air transport industry only available to the aviation community members, this domain suffix is now live and fully functional
Affiliate scheme
Program which allows website owners ‘Affiliates’ to receive a commission when an advert on their website results in a sale.
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
The American Standard Code for Information Interchange(ASCII) is a world-wide standard used to represent all upper- and lower-case Latin (English) letters, punctuation, digits and symbols. There are 128 standard ASCII codes.
Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act (1999)
Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act is the centrepiece of US trade mark legislation.
Appraising
The process of evaluating a domain name and determining its market value
Under the UDRP a successful complainant must prove that the domain name was registered or is being used in bad faith. Bad faith may mean that the respondent’s domain name creates confusion between the domain name and the complainant's brand/product/service.
Bandwidth
The network capacity used to download your website to users browsers.
.BIZ
The .biz TLD is a designated suffix for businesses. Domains using the .biz extension must be business or commercial entities.
Blog
Blog is short for ‘web log’ – an online journal.
Short for .commercial, the .com extension is by far the most popular, and can be purchased by any individual or business.
Country Code Top Level Domain (CCTLD)
Two letter domains, such as .uk (United Kingdom), .de (Germany) and .jp (Japan) (for example), are called country code top level domains (ccTLDs) and correspond to a country, territory, or other geographic location. The rules and policies for registering domain names in the ccTLDs vary significantly and ccTLD registries limit use of the ccTLD to citizens of the corresponding country.
Content Management System (CMS)
Content Management System is used to edit content of a dynamic website via a browser.
Cyber-squatting is “registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad-faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else.”
Direct Navigation is when a user types a web address into a browser’s address bar.
Domain Name
A unique name that is used to identify a numeric internet address (IP Address). Domain names are used to route users to the correct website. Domain names are unique and consist of multiple parts separated by a full stop.
Domain Name Tasting
Domain Name Tasting is when users take advantage of the 5-day add/drop grace period as per ICANN directive. If the Web site does not generate a profit, the registrant cancels the registration before the fifth day at no cost
Domain Name Warehousing
This is the practice of domain name registrars “holding” expired domains instead of releasing them back into the public domain. By preventing certain domains from being released, the registrar hopes to resell the domains to the previous registrant or a new registrant at a higher rate than the market price.
Dropcatching
Dropcatching is the process of using automated systems to register expired domains when their have being cancelled by the registry.
A third party service that will essentially hold on to the buyers payment when selling a domain name, thereby protecting both the buyer and seller.
EURid
The body administering the .eu domain name.
FTP is the protocol over which files are generally transferred over the internet. FTP is designed to handle the transfer of larger files, FTP supports pausing, scheduling, and restarting of file downloads.
The first unrestricted top-level domain since .com, .info domains are available to the general public.
Internal transfer
An internal transfer occurs when a domain is transferred from one account to another within the same registrar.
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is an internationally, non-profit corporation that has responsibility for Internet Protocol (IP) address space allocation, protocol identifier assignment, generic (gTLD) and country code (ccTLD) Top-Level Domain name system management, and root server system management functions.
Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
Internationalized Domain Names, or IDNs, are web addresses in indigenous languages. Many efforts are underway in the Internet community to make domain names available in character sets other than ASCII. An example of IDN is a domain name consisting of Arabic or Hebrew characters
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
An ISP is a company, which provides access to the Internet to organizations and/or individuals. ISPs may provide web hosting, email and VoIP.
IP Address (Internet Protocol)
Every computer which is connected to the internet has an IP or Internet Protocol address which identifies the specific computer. IP addresses consist of four grouping of numbers separated by dots. Example IP Address: 123.45.67.890
A host is the server on which a website is stored.
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
HTTP is the communications protocol that enables Web browsing. Invented in the early 1990s by Tim Berners-Lee, HTTP is the standard protocol over which much of the internet transfers data.
Also known as domain name “kiting” or “tasting,” this practice occurs when a registrant registers a domain name for a temporary purpose, but then takes advantage of the domain purchase grace period to reject more permanent ownership
Landrush Registration Period refers to the initial period of public availability of a new top-level domain. Any interested registrants can submit their choosen Landrush application.
.mobi is the first – and only – top level domain dedicated to delivering the internet to mobiles phone.
Short for .network, .net was originally designed to be used by technical Web sites. However, domains using this extension can be registered by anyone.
Name Servers
Name servers (or domain name servers) map domain names to IP addresses.
Short for .organisation, .org was initially selected for not for profit organisations that did not fit under the .com or .net extension. Any individual or business may now register a .org domain name.
Pay per click is when advertiser pay every time a user clicks on heir listing.
Phishing
Phishing is an attempt to steal consumers' personal identity data and financial account credentials. This is done by using spoofed emails to lead consumers to counterfeit websites designed to trick recipients into divulging financial data such as credit card numbers, account usernames, passwords and social security numbers.
Search engine optimisation (SEO)
Search engine optimisation is the practice of tweaking web pages to improve their ranking on search engine results.
Spam
All unsolicited commercial email and unsolicited bulk email that a recipient does not want to receive.
Sunrise Registration Period
Sunrise Registration Period refers to the period of time when an extension is only offered to trademark holders to register.
.tel domain is reserved for businesses and individuals to publish their contact data and is sponsored by Telnic Ltd.
Reciprocal links is when one website links to a page of another website, and vice versa. This is usually done as a search engine optimisation (SEO) technique, in order to improve link popularity.
Registrant
Registrant is the person to whom a domain name is registered.
Registrar
Registrar is a provider of domain name registration services to registrants.
Registry
The "Registry" is the authoritative, master database of all domain names registered in each Top Level Domain. The registry operator keeps the master database which allows computers to route Internet traffic to and from top-level domains anywhere in the world.
Reverse-Cybersquatting:
Reverse cybersquatting occurs when a trademark holder attempts to wrestle a domain name from someone that lawfully registered the name at an earlier point in time.
A typosquatter is one who registers domain names with common typos of major domain names to attempt to divert traffic to sites that benefit the registrant, for instance “microsotf.com” to take advantage of people who intended to visit the Microsoft® website, but misspelled the domain name in their web browser. This practice, also known as “URL hijacking” or “web address hacking” takes advantage of the good name of the domain owner to send visitors somewhere else.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Uniform Resource Locator, technical term for web address
Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
All ICANN-accredited registrars follow a uniform dispute resolution policy. Under that policy, disputes over entitlement to a domain-name registration are ordinarily resolved by court litigation between the parties claiming rights to the registration.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
The W3C promotes the evolution of the World Wide Web and ensure its interoperability. Services provided by the Consortium include: a repository of information about the World Wide Web for developers and users; reference code implementations to embody and promote standards; and various prototype and sample applications to demonstrate use of new technology.
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
WIPO is an intergovernmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland responsible for the promotion of the protection of intellectual rights throughout the world.
WHOIS
WHOIS pronounced "who is"; is an Internet protocol that is used to query databases to obtain information about the registration of a domain name (or IP address).
