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U
Universal Acceptance(UA)
The principle of accepting, validating, storing, processing, and displaying domain names and email addresses correctly and consistently across all applications, devices, and systems. Universal Acceptance is a fundamental requirement for achieving a fully multilingual Internet, where Internet users around the world can navigate entirely in local languages.