General Policies

APPENDIX A.GLOSSARY AND DEFINITIONS

The following information and definitions are a reference to the terms used is these policies or in NIC.EC’s web page.

ccTLD: means Country Code Top Level Domain. For example, the country code for Ecuador is .ec, for France is .fr and for Japan is .jp.

Administrative Contact: Contact that will perform and manage the domain information through a Registry Application or other means on behalf the Registrant. This Contact is the one authorized to request modifications of other contacts and DNS servers. If the domain is invoiced, the bill will be issued with the information of the Administrative Contact. In cases of Internet providers, web page designers, domain registrars, law firms that register an Registrant’s name and act as Administrative Contact, the invoice will be issued to this companies and not to the Registrant.

Billing Contact: Contact that has the capacity to answer questions about invoices and payments. The Administrative Contact is responsible for payment. Billing Contact may be the same Administrative Contact. The invoice is not issued to the Billing Contact. The invoice is related to the Administrative Contact information .

Technical Contact: Contact for questions and confirmations on technical data, as DNS and IP addresses. Modifications to information of DNS must be requested by the Administrative Contact. Technical Contact may be the same Administrative Contact.

.COM.EC: is the second level domain to register third level domain names for Commercial use in general.

Web page designer: person or enterprise that works in graphic design and information access of a web page.

IP addresses: is the group of four numbers separated by three dots that identify a computer within the Internet. The range of each number is 0 to 255.

2LD: are the initials of second level domain.

Second level domains: in Ecuador, are the domains that go before the .ec, such as .com.ec, .net.ec, etc and names that may be registered under .ec.

3LD: are the initials of third level domain.

Third level domains: in Ecuador, are the domain names that may be registered under the already determined second level domains.

.EDU.EC: is the second level domain to register third level domain names by Educational entities, institutions and organizations such as Schools, Universities, High Schools and Institutes registered in Ecuador.

.EC: The letters EC are those appointed to identify the Republic of Ecuador and .EC (dot EC) belongs to the Top Level Domain for the Republic of Ecuador

Email: electronic mail, sometimes called only email, sometimes called email address. Its format is usually the following: user@host.com.ec

.FIN.EC: is the second level domain to register third level domain names for financial institutions.

.GOV.EC: is the second level domain to register third level domain names for the Government of the Republic of Ecuador and governmental entities.

IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.

ICANN: Internet Corporation of Assigned Numbers and Names.

.K12.EC: is the second level domain to register third level domain names for kindergartens, elementary and high schools.

.MED.EC: is the second level domain to register third level domain names for medical, health, pharmaceutical, and medicine related entities and institutions.

.MIL.EC: is the second level domain to register third level domain names for the Armed Forces of Ecuador.

Domain names: a domain name is an unique alphanumeric name, used to identify a specific computer (e.g. a web server or a mail server) within Internet. Domain names allow Internet users to write a name, as mycompany.com.ec, to identify a numeric address of Internet protocol as 157.104.39.204. The purpose of domains is to permit users logged onto Internet to find web sites and send emails to addresses with familiar names, as " mycompany.com.ec" or "mybrand.com.ec", without having to memorize numeric addresses, which are the ones who really locate computers or servers within the Internet.

.NET.EC: is the second level domain to register third level domain names for providers of Internet services and entities dedicated to the administration of Internet networks.

.ORG.EC: is the second level domain to register third level domain names for non-profit institutions and entities. Non-governmental organizations registered in Ecuador.

Web page: document located on the web with information and links with other documents also located on the web..

PRO.EC: is the second level domain to register third level domain names for professional, such as lawyers, arquitects, accountants, etc.

Internet services providers: a provider of Internet access services, email services or hosting of web pages services.

Registrant: is the organization or person that is entitled with the usage rights of the registered domain name.

Domain names servers (DNS): are the initials of domain name servers. Is the name of the server that performs as a database to interpret an IP address in a domain name. TLD: Top level domain. Basically, they are .com, .net and .org without any other initial on their right side. In Ecuador, the TLD is .EC according the ccTLD table.

UDRP: Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy

Whois: is a tool found on the web page or other systems that allow users to visualize information about a domain name. NIC.EC’s whois show an .ec domain name data on the Registrant, the Administrative, Technical and Billing Contacts, the DNS and IP addresses, creation date, expiration date and last modification date. Information found in the Whois is public information.

www: world wide web, also known as web, is the group of interconnected documents within the Internet network.