Re:Why updating DNS is slow
by DomenicoMazza on Sunday February 07, 2021 @10:37PM
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Hmm.. now I realise that 'live' in 'time to live' is 'live' as in 'life', not 'live' in the 'going live' sense ... It's the record's cache time! Engineering/techy acronyms are a bad place for homographs...
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Re:Why updating DNS is slow
by roelschroeven on Monday February 08, 2021 @05:08AM
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I've always thought of it as 'live' as in 'life', but I learned about TTL first in the context of IP packets where the meaning is probably less ambiguous.
Re:Why updating DNS is slow
by mgmgmgmgmg on Monday February 08, 2021 @04:12AM
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I've had this discussion with multiple colleagues. I say it live as in life. However, most people I know say live as in "until the new record is live"
Is homograph a synonym of homophone or homonym?
technically neither;
homographs are two words written the same way but with different meaning.
homophones are two words that sound the same but written differently.
homonyms are somewhat a combination: written and sound the same, but have different meaning.
since synonym means "having the same meaning" you might get away with considering a homograph a synonym of homonym, but it's best to be precise in these cases.