:leaf site: n. A machine that merely originates and reads USENET
news or mail, and does not relay any third-party traffic. Often
uttered in a critical tone; when the ratio of leaf sites to
backbone, rib, and other relay sites gets too high, the network
tends to develop bottlenecks. Compare {backbone site}, {rib
site}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
news or mail, and does not relay any third-party traffic. Often
uttered in a critical tone; when the ratio of leaf sites to
backbone, rib, and other relay sites gets too high, the network
tends to develop bottlenecks. Compare {backbone site}, {rib
site}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- leaf site n.,obs.
Before pervasive TCP/IP, this term
was used of a machine that merely originated and read Usenet news
or mail,
and did not relay any third-party traffic. It was... - rib site: [by analogy with {backbone site}] n. A machine that
has an on-demand high-speed link to a {backbone site} and serves
as a regional distribution point for lots of third-party traffic in
email and USENET news.
Compare {leaf site}, {backbone site}. -- The AI Hackers... - backbone site: n. A key USENET and email site; one that processes
a large amount of third-party traffic,
especially if it is the home site of any of the... - rib site n.
[by analogy with backbone site] A machine
that has an on-demand high-speed link to a backbone site and
serves as a regional distribution point for lots of third-party
traffic in email and Usenet news.
Compare leaf site, backbone site... - backbone site n.,obs.
Formerly, a key Usenet and email
site,
one that processes a large amount of third-party traffic... - bounce message: [UNIX] n. Notification message returned to sender
by a site unable to relay {email} to the intended {{Internet
address}} recipient or the next link in a {bang path} (see
{bounce},
sense 1). Reasons might include a nonexistent or ... - backbone cabal: n. A group of large-site administrators who pushed
through the {Great Renaming} and reined in the chaos of {USENET}
during most of the 1980s.
The cabal {mailing list} disbanded in late 1988... - postmaster: n. The email contact and maintenance person at a site
connected to the Internet or UUCPNET.
Often, but not always, the same as the {admin}.... - net.god: /net god/ n. Accolade referring to anyone who satisfies
some combination of the following conditions:
has been visible on USENET for more than 5 years...
From the same category:
- I have got a disk
ache ... - Fiat: Fix It
All the... - I had not time to lick it into form, as a bear doth her young ones.
Robert Burton (1577-1640) -- Anatomy of Melancholy... - Never cite sources whether they exist or not.
--
Liberal Rule #... - Azathoth/Cthulhu '96.
Could they make things any worse...
