Domain investors use a lot of acronyms to describe things. There are also quite a few technical terms and organizations involving the domain industry that are abbreviated with acronyms. While many of these domain industry acronyms are common knowledge for domain investors, it can take some time to learn them.
For your convenience, we have compiled a list of domain investing and domain industry acronyms. This list will be continually updated as we see more acronyms that can use some defining:
- LLL – 3 letter domain names (Example AAA)
- LLLL – 4 letter domain names (Example AAAA)
- NNN – 3 number domain names (Example 123)
- NNNN – 4 number domain names (Example 1234)
- 3L – 3 Letter
- 4L – 4 Letter
- 3N – 3 Number
- 4N – 4 Number
- CVCV – consonant, vowel, consonant, vowel (Example: NASA)
- VCVC – vowel, consonant, vowel, consonant (Example ANAS)
- ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
- DNS – Domain Name System
- URL – Uniform Resource Locator
- TLD – Top Level Domain
- gTLD – Generic Top Level Domain
- New gTLD – New Generic Top Level Domain
- ccTLD – Country Code Top Level Domain
- IDN – Internationalized Domain Name
- WIPO – World Intellectual Property Organization
- NAF – National Arbitration Forum
- USPTO – United States Patent and Trademark Office
- UDRP – Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
- URS – Uniform Rapid Suspension
- RDNH – Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
- RAA – Registrar Accreditation Agreement
- TDRP – Transfer Dispute Resolution Policy
- NP – NamePros
- DBR – Domain Boardroom
- DNF – DNForum
- BIN – Buy It Now
- WTB – Want to Buy
