Regulations for Guidance on Internet Protocol Address and Top Level Domain Name Registration Services Article 3

The terms used in the Regulations are defined as follows:1. Internet Protocol Address(hereinafter referred to as IP Address): It refers to the address that is allocated according to the internet protocol for identifying the location of the device on the internet.2. Domain Name: It refers to the hierarchical naming system consisting of letters, numbers or special symbols, separated by "dot," according to the Internet Protocol.3. International Organizations:These include the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers(hereinafter referred to as ICANN), and the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre(hereinafter referred to as APNIC), which is responsible for the management and distribution of IP address in the Asia Pacific region.4. Top-Level Domain Name(hereinafter referred to as TLD): It refers to the top of the Domain Name tree hierarchy, that is, the combination of letters or strings after the "dot" at the right end of Domain Name. The top-level domains are divided into Country Code top-level domains and generic top-level domains.5. Country Code Top-Level Domain(hereinafter referred to as ccTLD): It refers to the top-level domain name recognized by ICANN to represent a country or an independent economy.6. Generic Top-Level Domain(hereinafter referred to as gTLD): It refers to the top-level domain name recognized by ICANN other than those prescribed in the preceding paragraph.7. IP Address Registration Service: It refers to the issuance and management of registration information of IP addresses and autonomous system numbers, and the provision of related registration management services.8. Top-Level Domain Registration Service: It refers to management of the registration information of top-level domain name, regular operation of the system and relevant management services of the top-level domain name.9. Internet Registry(hereinafter referred to as IR): It refers to the organization of judicial person recognized by International Organizations and engaged in the management of IP Address registration.10. Top-Level Domain Name Registry: It refers to an organization of judicial person recognized by ICANN and engaged in the management of ccTLD or gTLD.
中文原文 網際網路位址及頂級網域名稱註冊管理業務輔導辦法第3條
本辦法用詞定義如下:
一、網際網路位址(InternetProtocolAddress):指為供辨識網際網路設備位置所在,依網際網路標準所規劃用以分配予設備之位址。
二、網域名稱(DomainName):指依網際網路標準,由文字、數字或特定符號組成,並由「.」區隔形成之階層式名稱體系。
三、國際組織:包括網際網路名稱及號碼指配機構(InternetCorporationforAssignedNamesandNumbers,ICANN,以下簡稱國際指配機構)及負責亞洲太平洋區域網際網路位址管理及發放之亞太網路資訊中心(AsiaPacificNetworkInformationCentre,APNIC)。
四、網際網路頂級網域名稱(TopLevelDomain,TLD):指網域名稱樹狀階層架構中之最頂端,即網域名稱最右端之「.」後文字或字串組合,頂級網域名稱分為國碼頂級網域名稱及通用頂級網域名稱。
五、國碼頂級網域名稱(countrycodeTopLevelDomain,ccTLD):指由國際指配機構認可代表國家或獨立經濟體之頂級網域名稱。
六、通用頂級網域名稱(genericTopLevelDomain,gTLD):指前款以外,由國際指配機構認可之頂級網域名稱。
七、網際網路位址註冊管理業務:指發放及管理網際網路位址與自治系統號碼之註冊資料,並提供相關註冊管理之服務事項。
八、頂級網域名稱註冊管理業務:指具有管理頂級網域名稱(國碼頂級網域名稱或通用頂級網域名稱)註冊資料,並提供頂級網域名稱系統正常運作及相關註冊管理之服務事項。
九、網際網路位址註冊管理機構(InternetRegistry,IR):指經國際組織認可,從事網際網路位址註冊管理業務之法人組織。
十、頂級網域名稱註冊管理機構(TopLevelDomainNameRegistry):指經國際指配機構認可,從事國碼頂級域名或通用頂級域名稱註冊管理之法人組織。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.