leaf site
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]
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