List of Abbreviations

African Network Information Centre

Association of Internet Researchers

Association for Progressive Communications

Application programming interface

Asia Pacific Network Information Centre

American Registry for Internet Numbers

Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

Autonomous system

Autonomous System Numbers

Bulletin board systems

Border gateway protocol

Brazil, Russia, India, and China

Country code top-level domains

Centre for Embedded Network Sensing

European Organization for Nuclear Research

Computer Emergency Response Team

Critical Internet Resources

Computer-mediated communication

China Internet Network Information Centre

Current population survey

Computer Science

Computer-supported cooperative work

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Database management system

Distributed denial of service attacks

Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange

Digital Millenium Copyright Act

Domain name system

Deep packet inspection

Digital rights management

European Convention on Human Rights

Electronic government interoperability frameworks

Emergency Management Information Systems and Reference Index

Ecology of games

Federation against Copyright Theft

Food and Agriculture Organization

Federal Communications Commission

Fair information principles

Functional magnetic resonance imaging

File Transfer Protocol

Global Alliance for ICTs and Development

Genetic Association Information Network

Global Internet Governance Academic Network

General purpose technology

Geographical user interface

Genome-Wide Association Studies

Hypertext Markup Language

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

International Communication Association

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Information and communications technology

Information and communication technologies for development

Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

Internet Engineering Taskforce

Internet Governanace Forum

International Multilateral Partnership against Cyberthreats

Interdisciplinary Internet Institute

Internet protocol

Intellectual property rights

Integrated Services Digital Networks

International Organization for Standardization

Internet Service Provider

Information technology

International Telecommunication Union

Interactive whiteboard

Internet Watch Foundation

Internet Exchange Points

Joint Information Systems Committee

Joint Photographic Experts Group

Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre

Local area networks

Large Hadron Collider

Learning platform

Large technical systems

Libyan Telecom and Technology

Millenium Development Goals

Multidimensional scaling

Middle East and North Africa

Massively multiplayer online role-playing games

Multi-user object-oriented technology

Motion Picture Association of America

Multi-user dungeon

National Center for Supercomputer Applications

Next generation access

Non-governmental organization

Newly industrialized economies

National Information Infrastructure

National Security Agency

National Science Foundation

National Telecommunication and Information Administration

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

Open educational resource

Oxford Internet Institute

Privacy enhancing technologies

Personally identifiable information

Problematic Internet use

Research and development

Regional Bell Operating Companies

Resource Description Framework

Research in Motion

Regional Internet Registry Network Coordination Centre

Regional Internet Registries

Socioeconomic status

Social identity model of deindividuation effects

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

Swedish National Data Service

Social networking sites

Structure of Populations, Levels of Abundance, and Status of Humpbacks

Software as a Service

Social Sciences Citation Index

Secure Socket Layers

Science and Technology Studies

Swiss National Grid Association

Transmission Control Protocol

Top-level domains

The Pirate Bay

Trade-Related Intellectual Property and Services Treaty

Uses and gratification

User created content

Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy

United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Uniform Resource Identifier

Voice over Internet Protocol

Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks

Virtual property network servers

World Wide Web Consortium

Wireless Application Protocol

Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link

Working Group on Internet Governance

World Internet Project

World Intellectual Property Organization

World Summit on the Information Society

Extensible Markup Language