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Acronym: NSI
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Network Solutions
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of Internet's regional root nameservers and instructed them to change the root zone server from then SAIC subsidiary Network Solutions (NSI)'s A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. (198.41.0.4) to DNSROOT.IANA.ORG (198.32.1.98). The operators complied with Postel's instructions, thus dividing control of Internet naming between IANA and the four remaining U |
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Acronym: IXP
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Internet exchange point
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thumb|right|300px|Telehouse Docklands, home of the '''London Internet Exchange''' since 1994.]] The '''London Internet Exchange''' ("'''LINX'''") is an Internet exchange point (IXP) situated in London. It was founded in 1994 by a group of Internet service providers. LINX is a founder member of [http://www.euro-ix.net EURO-IX], a Europe-wide alli |
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Acronym: LIPEX
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London Internet Providers Exchange
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rs]] for various ccTLD domains, and instances of the K and I root nameservers. ==See also== Some other Internet exchange points in London: * London Internet Providers Exchange (LIPEX) * London Network Access Point (LONAP) * Packet Exchange (Formerly XchangePoint) * Redbus Internet Exchange (RBIEX) LINX hosts a number of meetings where network operators can |
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Acronym: NACA
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National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
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= }} NASA's '''Ames Research Center''' (ARC), located at Moffett Field, California, was founded on December 20, 1939 as the second National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) laboratory, and became part of NASA in 1958, as part of the turnover from NACA. The center was named after Joseph Sweetman Ames, a founding member and longtime chairman (1919–1939) of the NACA. |
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Acronym: UPWT
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Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel
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mmense size, but also for their diverse characteristics that enable various kinds of scientific and engineering research. '''ARC Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel''' The Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel (UPWT) was completed in 1956 at a cost of $27 million under the Unitary Plan Act of 1949. Since its completion, the UPWT facility has been the most heavily used NASA wind tunnel. Every major commercial |
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Acronym: AVGR
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Ames Vertical Gun Range
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ency. The AHF can be configured with either a Hüls or segmented arc heater, up to 20-MW. 1 MW is enough power to supply 750 homes. == Range complex == '''The Ames Vertical Gun Range (AVGR)''' was designed to conduct scientific studies of lunar impact processes in support of the Apollo missions. In 1979, it was established as a National Facility, funded through the Planetary Geology and |
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Acronym: LOIRP
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Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project
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r will continue the work that Carl Sagan undertook during his lifetime, including the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. In 2008, the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP) was given space in the old McMoons to digitize data tapes from the five 1966 and 1967 Lunar Orbiter spacecraft that were sent to the Moon. == NASA Ames Exploration Ce |
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Acronym: IETF
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Internet Engineering Task Force
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, behaviors, research, or innovations applicable to the working of the Internet and Internet-connected systems. IANA also maintains a close liaison with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and RFC Editorial team in fulfilling this function. In the case of the two major Internet namespaces, namely IP addresses and domain names, extra administrative policy and delegation t |
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Acronym: ICANN
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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Internet Architecture Board, and the agreement governing the work is published in RFC 2860. ==Oversight== IANA is managed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) under contract to the United States Department of Commerce (DOC). The Department of Commerce also provides an ongoing oversight function, whereby it verifies additions and changes made in the roo |
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Acronym: DARPA
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Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
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blished informally as a reference to various technical functions for the ARPANET, that the Information Sciences Institute performed for the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) of the United States Department of Defense. The earliest reference to a registry function is probably RFC 322, published on March 26, 1972, in which Vint Cerf and Jon Postel establishe |
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Acronym: ICANN
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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body primarily responsible for domain name and IP address allocations until September 18, 1998 when this role was assumed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). It was accessed through the website '''internic.net''' which was run by Network Solutions, Inc and AT&T. ==Term== "InterNIC" is a registered [[service ma |
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Acronym: SRI
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Stanford Research Institute
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ed Names and Numbers]] (ICANN). ==History== The first central authority to coordinate the operation of the network was the Network Information Center (NIC) at Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in Menlo Park, California|Menlo Park, California). In 1972, management of these issues was given to the newly created Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). In addition to his ro |
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Acronym: ICANN
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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d all logs on the server could be removed by the player, for his own safety, so he couldn’t be traced after a hack. ==See also== * Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) * Network Solutions, Inc. ==External links== *[http://www.internic.net/ InterNIC] *[http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/internic.htm InterNIC License Agreement between ICANN and U.S |
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Acronym: DNS
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Domain Name System
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stry''', is a database of all domain names registered in a top-level domain. A registry operator, also called a '''Network Information Center''' (NIC), is the part of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet that keeps the database of domain names, and generates the zone files which convert domain names to IP addresses. Each NIC is an organisation that manages the registra |
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Acronym: DNS
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Domain Name System
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l:Contributions/124.43.220.108|124.43.220.108]] (User talk:124.43.220.108|talk)</comment> <text xml:space="preserve">A '''DNS zone''' is a portion of the global Domain Name System (DNS) namespace for which administrative responsibility has been delegated. == Definition == The DNS namespace is defined by RFC 1034, "Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities" and RFC 1035, & |
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Acronym: TLD
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top level domain
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rs for "en.wikipedia.org.", but the root zone does not directly contain that record. The root zone consists of referrals to the authoritative nameservers for each top level domain (TLD). In this case, we receive a referral to the authoritative nameservers for the "org." zone. We must now contact these nameservers for more specific information. We next query one of the |
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Acronym: ISP
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Internet service provider
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ing traffic to another computer. ==Cache poisoning attacks== Normally, a networked computer uses a DNS server provided by the computer user's organization or an Internet service provider (ISP). DNS servers are generally deployed in an organization's network to improve resolution response performance by caching previously obtained query results. Poisoning attacks on a single DNS server ca |
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Acronym: DNS
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Domain Name System
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bsite = [http://www.maradns.org/ www.maradns.org] | standard = RFC1034, RFC1035 | AsOf = November 11, 2009 }} '''MaraDNS''' is a security-aware Domain Name System (DNS) implementation {{cite book |last = Mens |first = Jan-Piet |title = Alternative DNS Servers: Choice and Deployment, and Optional SQL/LDAP Back-Ends (Paperback) |publisher = UIT Cambridge |
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Acronym: IXP
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Internet exchange point
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daily = | daily_in = | daily_out = }} '''London Network Access Point''' (LONAP, once styled LoNAP - and London Access Point) is a London-based Internet exchange point (IXP) founded in 1997 as a membership organisation and currently has 89 members, making it the 2nd largest IXP in the UK and around the 15th largest IXP in the World by membership. (Although current traff |
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