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Glossary
The most common terms that are used when handling domain
names.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Æ Ø Å
ACE
ASCII Compatible Encoding is an international standard for converting
national characters, e.g æ,ø and å, to international standard characters
(ASCII characters) which are allowed in domain names.

Applicant declaration form

Part of the contract between Norid and the applicant, which verifies that the
holder knows and complies with the domain name policy for .no and that he
takes full responsibility if the domain registration violates the rights of a
third party.

DNS
An Internet service which translates between domain names and IP
addresses. It's because of DNS that we can use human readable names, for
example www.uninett.no, for finding IP based services.

DNSSEC
DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) is a security extension to the domain
name system (DNS). DNSSEC protected domains are cryptographically
signed, and this makes it possible to check that the reply to a domain
lookup comes from the correct source of origin, and that the lookup remains
unchanged. The purpose of DNSSEC is among others to prevent scammers
from falsifying lookups and thereby take a user to a website that the
scammer controls.

Domain name, domain

All computers on the Internet have their own IP address, which consists of
numbers. The domain name system connects domain names to the IP
addresses so users do not have to remember a long string of numbers.

Domain name holder, holder

An organization or individual which has registered one or more domain
names.

Draupne
Project name for Norid's registry system developed 2007-2010. More about

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the registry system.

EPP
Extensible Provisioning Protocol, a communication protocol designed for
registry/registrar communication specifically. EPP is used in the registry
system for .no.

Handle, Norid handle

A handle is a unique label for an object in a Whois database.

IDN
Internationalized Domain Name, a special type of domain name containing
national characters such as æ, ø or å. It is used by translating it into what's
called the ACE form, an alphanumeric representation of any character
sequence. An example: blåbærsyltetøy.no blir becomes xn--blbrsyltety-
y8ao3x.no.

IP address
used to address a computer or other unit in an IP based network. An
example of an IP address is 158.38.130.37.

ISP
Internet Service Provider, a company that sells access to the Internet.

Legal-c
Legal contact person for the domain name holder or the registrar.

Name server
A computer which implements the protocol used in the Domain Name
System, DNS.

Norid
The Norwegian registry for Internet domain names. Norid runs the .no
registry and maintains the database for all Internet domains within .no.

Object (Whois)
When a domain is registered, several objects become associated with the
domain, e.g an organization object and a person object. You can find the
objects in the whois database for .no.

PID
Personal identifier, personal ID. A unique identification code which is used in
place of the person's national identity number. Applications for private
domain names are filled in with a personal identifier, not with the national
identity number (NIN).

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Registrar
A company which has signed a contract with Norid in order to offer
registration and upkeep services for domain names. The registrar is the link
between the applicant and Norid.

Registrar ID
Unique identification code, or “handle” for each registrar. The handle has
the form REGxxx-NORID and can be found in the whois database.

Subscribing to a domain
Having the right to use a domain name.

Tech-c
Technical contact person for the domain name holder or the registrar.

Ticket ID
Each application or inquiry sent to Norid receives a unique ticket ID.

TLD
Top Level Domain, a letter code identifying the top level under which a
domain is registered. There are two categories of top level domains; national
(ccTLD), such as .no and .dk, and generic (gTLD), such as .com and .org.

Whois
A Whois database is a searchable database which contains all registered
information about one or more top level domains (TLDs). Most registries for
TLDs have a Whois service.

Zone-c
Zone contact for the domain name holder or the registrar. This is a technical
contact person for the name servers of a domain who should be available in
case there are problems with the name server configuration.

Last updated 8 April 2016

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