ICANN Acronyms and Terms

ICANN has hundreds of acronyms and terms, which can be confusing. We created this multilingual tool to help explain what these terms mean and facilitate your work within the ICANN community.

ICANN Acronyms and Terms

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  • Unicode Consortium

    A non-profit organization founded to develop, extend, and promote the use of the Unicode Standard, which specifies the representation of text in modern software products and standards.

    Unicode is a registered trademark of Unicode, Inc. in the United States and other countries.