Domaining industry common acronyms.

**draggar** · 08-30-2009, 09:35 AM

Feel free to add to the list, I'll edit this post so people won't need to search for them.

No opinions here, just plain facts.

Feel free to quote a part and then have your suggestion if you think someplace needs editing.

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BIN - Buy It Now. Traditionally used to quickly put an end to an auction before it starts. This allows a buyer to bypass an auction process by accepting the "Buy It Now" price (usually a lot higher than opening bids are).

C's and V's - C stands for consonant and V stands for vowel. People will use these for specific letter-based domains. For example - CVCV would be a consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel comain.

C - C also stands for "character". Used to describe any alphanumeric character. For example, a CCC domain is a domain with 3 alphanumeric characters in it - each C can be a letter or a number. Mainly used to generalize a series of domains.

ccTLD - Country Coded Top Level Domain. These are TLDs assigned to based out of countries. They are traditionally based on the country's native, or most common, language. Some examples are .us (United States), .de (Germany (Deutschland)), .au (Australia).

DD - DynaDot - a popular registrar.

DN - Domain Name. The main reason why you're on this forum.

DNF - Domain Name Forum. If you don't know this one then why are you here?

DNF$ - DNForum.com fake money. Used to purchase decorations to names, upgraded memberships, or sometimes even used to pay for products and/or services.

DNS - Domain Name Server. This is a service that tells browsers where to look for your domain. It is traditionally stored with the registry or registrar.

FWD - Forward. This is used to forward all traffic from one domain to another. If people type in the forwarding domain name, it will redirect them to the other name.

G - Usually stands for Google (also regerred to "The G", "Big G" etc..). Google is the most commonly used search engine. They also offer pay-per-click advertisements though their AdSense program.

GD - GoDaddy. One of the most popular registrars. GoDaddy offers domain registrations, email services, Hosting, and parking pages.

GUI - Graphical User Interface. Something that allows a user to interface with a computer in a graphical environment. While MS-DOS is a UI, Windows XP is a GUI.

L's and N's - L's stand for letters, N's stand for numbers. When people want to talk about a class of domains, or shorter domains, they'll use L's and N's. for example - if someone is talking about an LLL.com they are talking about .com domains that only have 3 letters.

MS - Microsoft (also known as M$). A software company who has given us programs like Microsoft Windows, MS DOS, and Microsoft Office. They also provide server and networking based OS's (Windows NT, Exchange Server, etc..).

OS - Operating System. The system that allows a UI (or GUI) for a computer. Most commonly used is MS Windows but people also use Macintosh's OS, Linux, and a few others.

PM - Private Message. A message sent to people and only the sender and receiver(s) can see it.

PP - Pay Pal - a common method of payment. This allows people to send money electronically to other people. No escrow is used with this service - once you hit send the other person has the money.

PPC - Pay Per Click. It's simple - someone clicks on an ad, you get paid. This advertisement style is commonly used with parking companies (sedo, Parked) and ad-feed programs like AdSense.

Reg Fee - Registration Fee. The amount of money it costs to register and / or renew a domain. Typically ranges from $10-$20 but can vary due to the registrar, the TLD / ccTLD being registered or renewed, and discount codes. Also used in the appraisal forums to state that the domain has little to no value.

TLD - Top level domain. Some examples include .com, .net, .org. This dictates which registry your domain goes though and can play a lot on domain values.

UI - User Interface. Something that allows a human to interface with a computer. Operating systems and programs are all examples of UI's.

WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get. A common acronym for program to create documents and web pages. Little programming is needed and allows you to drag and drop what you need to where. Traditionally WYSIWYG editors are very easy to use but can be cumbersome on a browser.