ASP | : | Application Service Provider |
CAPEX | : | Capital Expenditure Funds used by a company to acquire or upgrade physical assets such as property, industrial buildings, or equipment. |
CCTLD | : | Country Code Top Level Domain |
CRM | : | Customer Relationship Management - CRM entails all aspects of interaction a company has with its customer, whether it be sales or service related. |
Dedicated hosting | : | Hosting services where the customer with an Internet site or -service has one or more managed dedicated servers. |
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Domain name | : | An unique name connected to a Registrant that enables a mapping between IP addresses in the Domain Name System (DNS) |
Domain registration | : | The process defined by the Registry in their domain name policy, resulting in word sequences being recorded in the appropriate directory, making it easier to access web pages on the Internet. |
EBIT | : | Earnings Before Interest and Taxes |
EBITDA | : | Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation |
ERP | : | Enterprise resource planning : inventory control, order tracking, finance and human resources. |
FAQ | : | Frequently Asked Questions |
TLD | : | Top Level Domain |
Hosting | : | Term for a service which enables users to place their own service or internet sites on the Internet |
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ICANN | : | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers - the international organisation, which is responsible for allocating IP addresses and managing the domain name system. |
IPO | : | Initial Public Offering |
ISP | : | Internet Service Provider |
M&A | | Mergers & Acquisitions |
OSE | : | Oslo Stock Exchange |
R&D | : | Research and Development |
Registrant | : | Holder of a domain name |
Registrar | : | An entity authorised by the Registry to act on behalf of the Registrant |
Registry | : | Administrator of the top level for GTLD or CCTLD |
RRA | : | Registry Registrar Agreement, i.e. the contract between the Registry and the Registrar |
Shared hosting | : | The most basic hosting service. A term for hosting services where many internet pages are stored on the same server and operation is standardised. |
SME | : | Small and Medium-sized Businesses, defined by Active 24 as businesses with between 6 and 200 employees.¨ |
SOHO | : | Small Office, Home Office, defined by Active 24 as a term for companies with 1-5 employees. |
xDSL | : | Various forms of digital subscriber line connections. (broadband) |
