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  2. Snowflake ID - Wikipedia

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    Snowflake IDs, or snowflakes, are a form of unique identifier used in distributed computing. The format was created by Twitter (now X) and is used for the IDs of tweets. It is popularly believed that every snowflake has a unique structure, so they took the name "snowflake ID". The format has been adopted by other companies, including Discord ...

  3. Discord - Wikipedia

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    Discord is an instant messaging and VoIP social platform which allows communication through voice calls, video calls, text messaging, and media and files.Communication can be private or take place in virtual communities called "servers".

  4. Consistent hashing - Wikipedia

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    Consistent hashing. In computer science, consistent hashing [1] [2] is a special kind of hashing technique such that when a hash table is resized, only keys need to be remapped on average where is the number of keys and is the number of slots. In contrast, in most traditional hash tables, a change in the number of array slots causes nearly all ...

  5. Voice over IP - Wikipedia

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    Voice over Internet Protocol ( VoIP [a] ), also called IP telephony, is a method and group of technologies for voice calls for the delivery of voice communication sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, [2] such as the Internet. The broader terms Internet telephony, broadband telephony, and broadband phone service specifically refer to ...

  6. Reverse proxy - Wikipedia

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    In computer networks, a reverse proxy or surrogate server is a proxy server that appears to any client to be an ordinary web server, but in reality merely acts as an intermediary that forwards the client's requests to one or more ordinary web servers. [1] [2] Reverse proxies help increase scalability, performance, resilience, and security, but ...

  7. Template:Discord server - Wikipedia

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    Allows linking to a Discord guild Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Guild ID 1 The ID of the guild (obtainable by right-clicking on the server header and selecting "Copy ID" in developer mode) Number required Guild Name 2 The title (name) of the guild String required Join code joincode The code to ...

  8. Host Identity Protocol - Wikipedia

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    Host Identity Protocol. The Host Identity Protocol (HIP) is a host identification technology for use on Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. The Internet has two main name spaces, IP addresses and the Domain Name System. HIP separates the end-point identifier and locator roles of IP addresses.

  9. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority - Wikipedia

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    Internet. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ( IANA) is a standards organization that oversees global IP address allocation, autonomous system number allocation, root zone management in the Domain Name System (DNS), media types, and other Internet Protocol –related symbols and Internet numbers. [1] [2]