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> By the way: if you’ve ever wondered what IN means, it’s the “query class” and stands for “internet”. It’s basically just a relic from the 80s and 90s when the
by azundo 5y ago
> By the way: if you’ve ever wondered what IN means, it’s the “query class” and stands for “internet”. It’s basically just a relic from the 80s and 90s when there were other networks competing with the internet like “chaosnet”.
Reading things like this makes me feel better about the relics in my code that aren't really hurting anything but would take work to remove.
- emmelaich 5y agoRelated, CNAME is used casually in the opposite sense to it's expansion, "canonical name". Also, in a hundred years there'll be people making up retronyms for .arpa. "Uhm maybe it stands for *address reverse protocol association*?"
- woodruffw 5y ago> Also, in a hundred years there'll be people making up retronyms for .arpa. We've already got one! It's been backronymed as "Address and Routing Parameter Area" by IANA[1]. [1]: https://www.iana.org/domains/arpa https://www.iana.org/domains/arpa