<s>
Internet	B-Protocol
Provider	I-Protocol
Security	I-Protocol
(	O
IPS	O
)	O
tags	O
are	O
used	O
by	O
domain	B-Application
registrar	I-Application
to	O
administer	O
a	O
domain	O
name	O
registration	B-Protocol
service	O
and	O
related	O
Domain	B-Protocol
Name	I-Protocol
System	I-Protocol
(	O
DNS	B-Protocol
)	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
IPS	B-Protocol
tag	I-Protocol
is	O
the	O
label	O
that	O
applies	O
to	O
each	O
registrar	O
that	O
registers	O
domains	O
in	O
the	O
country-code	O
top-level	O
domain	O
uk	O
and	O
is	O
required	O
to	O
transfer	O
domain	O
names	O
from	O
one	O
registrar	O
to	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
meaning	O
of	O
IPS	B-Protocol
tag	I-Protocol
was	O
thought	O
to	O
be	O
lost	O
after	O
it	O
was	O
created	O
with	O
Nominet	O
UK	O
's	O
predecessor	O
,	O
the	O
Naming	O
Committee	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
widely	O
speculated	O
that	O
it	O
stands	O
for	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Provider	I-Protocol
Security	I-Protocol
tag	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
IPS	B-Protocol
tag	I-Protocol
itself	O
is	O
considered	O
obsolete	O
by	O
Nominet	O
UK	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
now	O
referred	O
to	O
simply	O
as	O
tag	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transferring	O
a	O
domain	O
name	O
from	O
one	O
registrar	O
to	O
another	O
requires	O
the	O
original	O
registrar	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
IPS	B-Protocol
tag	I-Protocol
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
registrar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
IPS	B-Protocol
tag	I-Protocol
via	O
the	O
Nominet	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
