acceptable use policy

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Acceptable Use Policy

   <networking> (AUP) Rules applied by many {transit networks}
   which restrict the use to which the network may be put.  A
   well known example is {NSFNet} which does not allow commercial
   use.  Enforcement of AUPs varies with the network.

   (1994-11-08)