leaf site
leaf site
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.
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