RIPE NCC

The regional Internet registry glossary termregistry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry (RIR glossary termRIR Regional Internet Registry One of five regional bodies that distribute IP addresses, separate from domain registries. Full definition of RIR) for Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia: the nonprofit body that hands out IP addresses glossary termIP Internet Protocol The internet's basic rules for sending data, using numeric addresses for every connected device. Full definition of IP and network numbers there. It deals with numbers, not domain names glossary termdomain name A readable internet name made of labels separated by dots. Full definition of domain name. Based in the Netherlands, it organizes the RIPE glossary termRIPE Réseaux IP Européens The open community of network operators in Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, whose meetings the RIPE NCC organizes. Full definition of RIPE Meetings twice a year and regional meetings, and runs the secretariat of MENOG glossary termMENOG Middle East Network Operators Group The network operators' group of the Middle East, whose secretariat is run by the RIPE NCC. Full definition of MENOG.