ICANN & Governance
ICANN structure, policies, dispute resolution, and internet governance frameworks.
ICANN
Non-profit organization coordinating global DNS, IP addresses, and TLD delegation.
IANA
ICANN function managing the DNS root zone, IP allocation, and protocol parameters.
Operador de Registro
Organization maintaining the authoritative database of domains for a TLD.
Acordo de Registro
Contract between ICANN and a registry operator for TLD operation terms.
RAA (Acordo de Acreditação de Registradores)
Contract between ICANN and a registrar defining domain sales terms.
UDRP (Política Uniforme de Resolução de Disputas de Nomes de Domínio)
ICANN policy for resolving trademark-related domain name disputes.
Zona Raiz DNS
Highest level of DNS containing records for all TLDs, served by 13 root servers.
Período Sunrise
Pre-launch registration phase where trademark holders can claim domains first.
GDPR e Privacidade de Domínios
EU regulation that caused WHOIS data redaction for domain registrant privacy.
Disputa de Domínio
Legal conflict over domain name rights, resolvable via UDRP or courts.
GNSO (Organização de Suporte a Nomes Genéricos)
ICANN body that develops policy recommendations for generic top-level domains.
ccNSO (Organização de Suporte a Nomes de Código de País)
ICANN supporting organization representing ccTLD managers and developing shared ccTLD policies.
At-Large (Comunidade At-Large da ICANN)
ICANN community representing individual internet users across five world regions.
GAC (Comitê Consultivo Governamental)
ICANN advisory body of national governments whose consensus advice carries special weight.
URS (Suspensão Rápida Uniforme)
Fast, low-cost trademark dispute mechanism that suspends domains without transferring ownership.
TMCH (Repositório Central de Marcas Registradas)
ICANN-mandated centralized database granting trademark holders priority and notification rights in new gTLDs.
PTI (Identificadores Técnicos Públicos)
ICANN affiliate that performs IANA functions including root zone management and IP allocation coordination.
Política de Consenso
GNSO-developed policy binding on all ICANN-accredited registrars and registries after Board adoption.
Separação Registro-Registrador
ICANN rule preventing a TLD registry operator from also being a registrar for the same TLD.
Programa de Novos gTLD
ICANN initiative that launched 1,200+ new gTLD extensions starting from the 2012 application round.