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}. [Jargon File]

Style="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-Style:daShed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition Suitable contentS:
[ = ] [ ad ] [ af ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ at ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ backbone ] [ backbone Site ] [ bo ] [ bon ] [ bot ] [ C ] [ ca ] [ ch ] [ ck ] [ cr ] [ de ] [ do ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ er ] [ eS ] [ et ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ ge ] [ gh ] [ gi ] [ h ] [ hat ] [ hr ] [ id ] [ il ] [ in ] [ io ] [ ir ] [ it ] [ J ] [ Jargon File ] [ la ] [ leaf ] [ Lex ] [ ly ] [ ma ] [ machine ] [ mail ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ na ] [ ne ] [ net ] [ network ] [ newS ] [ no ] [ O ] [ om ] [ op ] [ pa ] [ ph ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ rib Site ] [ Se ] [ Si ] [ Sit ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tone ] [ tr ] [ tt ] [ tw ] [ USenet ] [ ve ] [ wS ]