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# EPP

Extensible Provisioning Protocol

The standard protocol registrars use to talk to registries: to create, renew, update, transfer and delete domain names and related contacts and hosts. It also defines status codes, such as clientTransferProhibited, that show what can be done with a name. All gTLD registries must use it, and many ccTLD registries do too.

## related terms

- [EPP status codes](https://tldlog.com/glossary/epp-status-codes/)
- [auth code](https://tldlog.com/glossary/auth-code/)
- [registrar](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registrar/)
- [registry](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registry/)