Subject: Definitions for name, address and route

From: Gary Malkin <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:12:50 -0400

This definition of name, address and route comes from:
Perlman, Radia, Interconnections: Bridges and Routers, Addison-Wesley
Publishing Company, Inc, 1992.

X is a name if:
  X continues to work when node X moves, and
  X works for any node Y regardless of node Y's location.
X is an address if:
  X changes if node X moves, and
  X works for any node Y regardless of node Y's location.
X is a route if:
  X changes if node X moves, and
  X is different for nodes Y in different locations.

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