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--- peering-toolbox:terminology [2022/07/31 16:45] – philip
+++ peering-toolbox:terminology [2022/08/19 21:11] – [gTLD & ccTLD] philip
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-====== Terminology ======
+====== Glossary of Terms ======
 The section of the Toolbox lists terminology used in the Toolbox that is not explained or discussed elsewhere in the Toolbox.
-  * [[terminology:hyperscale|Hyperscale Content Providers]]
+===== "Eye-balls" =====
+The content providers' terminology to describe end-users who consume the content they provide.
+These are the customers of commercial service providers, staff in enterprise networks, staff/students/researchers at Universities and Colleges, students and staff at Schools, home users of access providers, etc.
+===== Hyperscale Content Providers =====
+A phrase in common use to describe the world's biggest content providers, by measure of traffic and global presence. These might well include (but are not limited to):
+  * Amazon AWS
+  * Google Cloud
+  * Microsoft Azure
+  * Alibaba AliCloud
+  * IBM
+  * Oracle
+  * Apple
+  * Meta
+  * Akamai
+===== gTLD & ccTLD =====
+**gTLD** means "Generic Top Level Domain" and refers to operators of the generic top level domains, such as .com, .net, .org, etc.
+**ccTLD** means "country code Top Level Domain" and refers to operators of the country top level domains.
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