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 1 | ## This repository has been archived!
 2 | *This IPFS-related repository has been archived, and all issues are therefore frozen.* If you want to ask a question or open/continue a discussion related to this repo, please visit the [official IPFS forums](https://discuss.ipfs.io).
 3 | 
 4 | We archive repos for one or more of the following reasons:
 5 | - Code or content is unmaintained, and therefore might be broken
 6 | - Content is outdated, and therefore may mislead readers
 7 | - Code or content evolved into something else and/or has lived on in a different place
 8 | - The repository or project is not active in general
 9 | 
10 | Please note that in order to keep the primary IPFS GitHub org tidy, most archived repos are moved into the [ipfs-inactive](https://github.com/ipfs-inactive) org.
11 | 
12 | If you feel this repo should **not** be archived (or portions of it should be moved to a non-archived repo), please [reach out](https://ipfs.io/help) and let us know. Archiving can always be reversed if needed.
13 | 
14 | # ipfs glossary
15 | 
16 | [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/made%20by-Protocol%20Labs-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://ipn.io)
17 | [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/project-IPFS-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://ipfs.io/)
18 | [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/freenode-%23ipfs-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23ipfs)
19 | [![standard-readme compliant](https://img.shields.io/badge/standard--readme-OK-green.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/RichardLitt/standard-readme)
20 | 
21 | > A collection of descriptions for terms related to ipfs and surrounding techs
22 | 
23 | ## Table of Contents
24 | 
25 | - [Terms](#terms)
26 |   - [Protocol](#protocol)
27 |   - [Hash Function](#hash-function)
28 |   - [DHT (Distributed Hash Table)](#dht-distributed-hash-table)
29 |   - [TCP](#tcp)
30 |   - [UDP](#udp)
31 |   - [Merkledag](#merkledag)
32 |   - [unixfs](#unixfs)
33 | - [Contribute](#contribute)
34 |   - [Want to hack on IPFS?](#want-to-hack-on-ipfs)
35 | - [License](#license)
36 | 
37 | ## Terms
38 | 
39 | These terms are not yet defined, but have been suggested as good terms to work on. Please define them if you can!
40 | 
41 | IPLD, IPNS, IPRS, cbor, starlog, starship, solarnet, DHT (Distributed Hash Table), merkle-dag, Fuse
42 | 
43 | ### Terms
44 | 
45 | #### Protocol
46 | A set of rules describing how to communicate
47 | 
48 | #### Hash Function
49 | A way of generating a unique name for a piece of data
50 | 
51 | #### MFS
52 | 
53 | Mutable filesystem (see also: FUSE)
54 | 
55 | #### Random Walk
56 | 
57 | Querying the DHT for random keys, in order to discover new peers and fill gaps in keyspace
58 | 
59 | #### TCP
60 | TCP is a protocol that is used for a huge portion of web traffic. It guarantees that information arrives entirely and in order.
61 | 
62 | #### UDP
63 | UDP is a protocol that does not have the same guarantees as TCP. Data sent can go missing, or arrive in the wrong order.
64 | 
65 | ### Merkledag
66 | TODO
67 | 
68 | #### unixfs
69 | 
70 | Merkle-dag based data structures for representing unix files, directories, and symlinks
71 | 
72 | ## Contribute
73 | 
74 | Feel free to join in. Just edit this main README file in a PR, or open an [issue](https://github.com/ipfs/glossary/issues)!
75 | 
76 | This repository falls under the IPFS [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).
77 | 
78 | ### Want to hack on IPFS?
79 | 
80 | [![](https://cdn.rawgit.com/jbenet/contribute-ipfs-gif/master/img/contribute.gif)](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/contributing.md)
81 | 


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