RIPE

An open community of people who run Internet networks in Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, or take an interest in how the Internet works there. It is not the same as the RIPE NCC glossary termRIPE NCC RIPE Network Coordination Centre The regional Internet registry for Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, based in the Netherlands. Full definition of 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 that supports it and organizes its meetings. RIPE Meetings take place twice a year, in May and in October or November, and are numbered in sequence, such as RIPE 93.