[RSSAC Caucus] [Ext] FOR REVIEW: RSSAC026v2: RSSAC Lexicon

[Karl Reuss]

On 1/28/20 6:01 PM, Wes Hardaker wrote:
> throwing random thoughts to the internet:
>
> Root server identifier: the DNS name that references a root server.  These are then translated into IP addresses as well. These used to be referred to as "letters", but they have not always been a "letter" and may not be in the future as well.
>
> Root server: (all) the infrastructure maintained by a root server operator to handle root service pointed at by a given root server identifier.  In the distant past, these were potentially implemented using a single physical device, or "server", but are not today.
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> Root server instance: A portion of a root server's infrastructure that serves root data from a particular site, which may consist of single or multiple physical devices.
> Anycast instance: another name for a root server instance.

I strongly support this this simple language approach!

-Karl