Hi Peter!

18 Oct 04, Peter Knapper wrote to Vladimir Donskoy:

 VD>> As I understand: "node is anything who has node number"
 VD> >: -) . So - "a node is the node" :-))) !
 VD>> I was ask about term "node" as interpretation
 VD>> dictionary (language, not FIDONET)... And I not get answer yet.

 VD>> [...skipped...]

 RC>> Does this help at all? :)

 VD>> No, it doesn't. :-(

 PK> Ok, my Collins English Dictionary has several meanings for the term
 PK> "Node". Perhaps the most applicable to Fidonet is -

 PK>  "The point on a plant stem from which the leaves or lateral branches
 PK> grow". So a Node can be "connected" in 2 different
ways dependng on the
 PK> growth of the network around it. IE -

 PK>   1. At the END of a branch (IE a leaf node with uplinks only),
 PK>   2. At a point BETWEEN 2 other nodes (it has both uplinks and downlinks).

 PK> Is that what you were looking for?

Yes, it is!
So as I understand term "node" in FIDONET assume both ways and
nodes without downlinks (or another ways for distribute mail) may exist.

Problem was in translation - in Russian word "узел" (translate -
"node") have only 2-th way, without first interpretation (only
transit node, omit end of a branch).


Please, send me URL if this dictionary place in Internet.


Thank you, Vladimir.

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